Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""Global Perspectives on Technological Innovation""; ""CONTENTS""; ""CHAPTER 1""; ""Comparing Pre- and Post-Internet Technologies for the Management of the Supply Chain""; ""A Technology Acceptance Model View""; ""Damien Power""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Definitions""; ""Literature Review""; ""Cognate Theory""; ""Perceived Ease of Use""; ""Perceived Usefulness""; ""Cost/Benefit of Technology""; ""Contribution of Technology to Organizational Outcomes""; ""Method""; ""Background""; ""Variables and Statistical Tests Used""; ""Demographic Items""; ""Supplementary Tests""
  • ""Data Analysis and Findings""""Comparison of Demographics""; ""Industry Sector""; ""Company Size""; ""Position of the Respondent in the Organization""; ""Comparison of Usage between Technologies""; ""Discussion""; ""Comparison of Usage over Time""; ""Discussion""; ""Perception of Cost vs. Benefit""; ""Discussion""; ""Contribution to Organizational Outcomes""; ""Discussion""; ""Supplementary Tests and Further Discussion""; ""Implications for Public Policy""; ""Practice""; ""Theory""; ""Directions for Future Research""; ""Limitations of the Study""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgment""
  • ""Table 1.5. Comparison of Number of Organizations That Could be Identified as Adopting One or Both of the Types of Technologiesâ€?Survey 1 and Survey 2""""Figure 1. 2. Comparison of mean scoresâ€?change in usage of internet based technologies between Survey 2 and Survey 3.""; ""Table 1.6. Comparison of Perceptions of Cost vs. Benefit From Implementation of the Technologies for the Three Surveys (**Denotes Significant at .01 Level)""
  • ""Table Survey 3: Comparison of Perceptions of Contribution to Improved Performance From Implementation of Internet and Pre-Internet Technologies for the Management of the Supply Chainâ€?Values Shown are Adjusted R2 (*denotes significant at .05 level)""""Figure 1. 3. Comparison of extent of use of the internet as part of respondentsâ€? functional role in the organization.""; ""Figure 1. 4. Comparison of impediments to adoption of Internet based technologies for the management of the supply chainâ€?Surveys 2 and 3 (all differences significant at .01 level apart from Customer Capability).""