The attention of software vendors has moved recently to SMEs (smallto medium-sized enterprises), offering them a vast range of enterprise systems (ES), which were formerly adopted by large firms only. From reviewing information technology innovation adoption literature, it can be argued that IT innovations are highly differentiated technologies for which there is not necessarily a single adopti...

What is the role of organizational readiness and IT business alignment in the adoption process of an ITsupported interorganizational linkage (IOL)? In this paper, we claim that achieving a proper level of organizational readiness is crucial for the successful adoption of IOL. We thus focus on intraorganizational factors that potentially impact the effectiveness of preparatory activities towards...

Technological innovations often formulate new market regimes and create incentives to abandon existing, less attractive ones. However, this decision depends not only on forces, such as economic technological uncertainty, but also attitudes toward risk. Although greater risk aversion typically raises the incentive postpone investment, impact of becomes more complex when a firm has discretion ove...

BACKGROUND We know that patient care can be improved by implementing evidence-based innovations and applying research findings linked to good practice. Successfully implementing innovations in complex organisations, such as the UK's National Health Service (NHS), is often challenging as multiple contextual dynamics mediate the process. Research studies have explored the challenges of introducin...

It is widely acknowledged that the ability to make connections is frequently at the heart of the creative process that gives rise to innovation. Often these connections span seemingly unconnected spaces. Textiles manufacturing, for example, has had a profound influence on —of all things— the invention of the modern computer. The 19 century Jacquard loom used in large textile factories had a sys...