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Innovation and Networks: Linking Diffusion and Implementation

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  • Donald Hislop

    (Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom)

  • Sue Newell

    (Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom)

  • Harry Scarbrough

    (Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom)

  • Jacky Swan

    (Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom)

Abstract

This paper examines the appropriation of IT-based innovations within firms. It argues that such innovations represent a challenge to the tendency in the existing literature towards the analytical separation of diffusion and implementation as distinct theoretical domains. In contrast, this paper develops a more transcendent analysis of such innovations by focusing on the cognitive translations and appropriations which link idea generation, diffusion and implementation. This analysis identifies the processes linking wider inter-organisational diffusion networks and intra-firm distributions of expertise as playing a crucial role in the appropriation of innovation. We refer to these as processes ofarticulation: a formulation which leads to a reappraisal of the networking activities of boundary-spanning individuals.

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  • Donald Hislop & Sue Newell & Harry Scarbrough & Jacky Swan, 1997. "Innovation and Networks: Linking Diffusion and Implementation," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 1(04), pages 427-448.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijimxx:v:01:y:1997:i:04:n:s1363919697000218
    DOI: 10.1142/S1363919697000218
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    Cited by:

    1. Gilles Grolleau & Jérémy Lamri & Naoufel Mzoughi, 2008. "Worldwide Diffusion of ISO 14001 Standard [Déterminants de la diffusion internationale de la norme ISO 14001]," Post-Print hal-02659951, HAL.
    2. Jeanina Biliana Ciurea, 2007. "Relations between Communities of Practice and Innovation Processes," Analele Universitatii "Eftimie Murgu" Resita Fascicola de Inginerie, "Eftimie Murgu" University of Resita, vol. 1(XIV), pages 63-68, December.
    3. Hislop, Donald, 2002. "The client role in consultancy relations during the appropriation of technological innovations," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 31(5), pages 657-671, July.

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