How adoption of underperforming firms effects them Flashcards
1
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Institutional theory
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firm experience pressures to adopt structures and technologies
2
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what kind of pressures?
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- coercive pressure (from outside: government, powerful customers)
- normative pressure (follow best practices)
- mimetic pressure (emulate actions of successful firms)
3
Q
how did late-stage adopters perform?
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lower financial performance-> can see what others did wrong->better implementation-> comparatively higher ERP benefits
4
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how did early-stage adopters perform?
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higher performance before -> incremental benefits became lesss
