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The Diffusion of Medical Innovations. An Applied Network Analysis.
Fennell, Mary L.; Warnecke, Richard B.
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Paperback. Series: Environment, Development and Public Policy: Public Policy and Social Services. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBN; MBNS; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 468.
This book has several objectives. Most basically it presents an approach to assessing interorganizational innovation diffusion. To do this we have tried to link contempo rary organizational theory with more person-centered diffusion theory. We have also combined contingency theory with the resource dependence perspective to explain why organizations might choose to initially consider an innovation, re define it to suit their particular environmental context, and then implement it. Another objective has been to examine how environmental constraints can limit the ways in which diffusion channels form, and can determine when diffusion can be truly organizational and when it will depend ... Read more
This book has several objectives. Most basically it presents an approach to assessing interorganizational innovation diffusion. To do this we have tried to link contempo rary organizational theory with more person-centered diffusion theory. We have also combined contingency theory with the resource dependence perspective to explain why organizations might choose to initially consider an innovation, re define it to suit their particular environmental context, and then implement it. Another objective has been to examine how environmental constraints can limit the ways in which diffusion channels form, and can determine when diffusion can be truly organizational and when it will depend ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Series
Environment, Development and Public Policy: Public Policy and Social Services
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781468454383
SKU
V9781468454383
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