The impacts of national characteristics on adoption and substitution of innovation

Author

Arai, Yutaro ; Kajiyama, Tomoko ; Ouchi, N.

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Sci. & Eng., Aoyama Gakuin Univ., Sagamihara, Japan

fYear

2014

fDate

23-25 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

406

Lastpage

411

Abstract

It is an important problem for firms to understand how to diffuse their innovation successfully in various countries´ markets. This study conducts cross national analysis of adoption and substitution of innovation. We pick up narrowband internet and broadband internet subscription across 58 countries as target innovations. First, we analyze adoption and substitution of innovation between successive generations across countries by developing a new diffusion model with technological substitution. Second, we elucidate the impacts of national characteristics on adoption and substitution of innovation. The impacts of national characteristics on adoption and substitution of innovation are clarified. This study provides important suggestions for firms to diffuse their innovation effectively in various countries´ markets.

Keywords

globalisation; industrial economics; innovation management; organisational aspects; broadband internet; countries markets; cross national analysis; diffusion model; firms; globalization; innovation adoption; innovation diffusion; innovation substitution; narrowband Internet; national characteristics; technological substitution; Broadband communication; Cultural differences; Equations; Internet; Mathematical model; Narrowband; Technological innovation; Innovation diffusion; national characteristics; substitution; successive generations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management of Innovation and Technology (ICMIT), 2014 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMIT.2014.6942461

Filename

6942461