Title :
How the social network can boycott a technological change: a grounded theory for innovation failure in a small organization
Author :
Macri, Diego Maria ; Tagliaventi, Maria Rita ; Bertolotti, Fabiola
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng. Manage., Bologna Univ., Italy
Abstract :
A technological change can be partially or totally boycotted during its implementation. The initial sponsors of an innovation can end up causing its failure. It is only within a social network that the implications of an innovation become visible to the actors thus creating a misfit between their professed and performed attitudes. A study of the introduction of a new information system in a small Italian firm has been carried out
Keywords :
information systems; management of change; information system; innovation failure; small Italian firm; small organization; social network; technological change boycott;
Conference_Titel :
Management of Engineering and Technology, 1999. Technology and Innovation Management. PICMET '99. Portland International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
1-890843-02-4
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.1999.787796
