Abstract
The main objective of this research is to highlight the need to reconceptualize the theoretical construct of innovativeness. There is a large body of research on the adoption of innovations. Although research studies in this area are motivated by fundamentally different objectives, there is a common thread that runs through all of them - the identification of innovative firms. In order to identify innovative firms, a variety of unidimensional measures of innovativeness have been employed in past research. Thus, innovation diffusion research studies have used the time of innovation adoption as a measure of a firm's innovativeness. Other studies have assessed innovativeness on the basis of the number of innovation adoptions. This research contends that the conceptualization of innovativeness as a unidimensional construct is incomplete. Innovativeness, we believe, is an enduring trait that is consistently exhibited by innovative firms over a period of time. In other words, a valid measure of innovativeness must represent this temporal dimension. This study proposes and tests the validity of a multidimensional measure of innovativeness.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 223-243 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 3-4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1996 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Innovation adoption
- Innovativeness
- Multidimensional measure
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Industrial relations
- General Engineering
- Strategy and Management
- Management Science and Operations Research
- Information Systems and Management