IOS ADOPTION IN DENMARK

摘要

Adoption and especially non-adoption of technologies, which are believed to yield operational and strategic benefits for businesses, are not always easy to comprehend. In this study we have surveyed businesses in the Danish steel and machinery industry to get an insight into what motivates or de-motivates adoption of IOS exemplified by EDI. The reason for choosing this particular industry is that it has been a target for massive information campaigns concerning the potential benefits of EDI adoption. In accordance with the Tornatzky & Fleischer (1990) model for organizational adoption fifteen opinion data items related to organizational, environmental, and technological attributes were operationalized and analyzed. The study suggests that environmental and organizational attributes rather than technological attributes are the main determining forces for adoption of EDI.