Determinants of motor carrier safety technology adoption

David E. Cantor, Thomas M. Corsi and Curtis Grimm

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2008, vol. 44, issue 5, 932-947

Abstract: In this paper, we investigate the organizational determinants of safety technology adoption. To shed light on this important question, we develop and test nine hypotheses. Results are based on a national survey of motor carriers sponsored by the United States Department of Transportation. Using a Poisson regression model, we find statistical support for seven hypotheses. A key finding is that prior safety performance influences a firm's adoption of safety technologies. Additionally, a firm's optimism about the potential for safety technologies, its technological innovativeness, and its level of comfort with new technologies contribute to its safety technology adoption decisions.

Keywords: Safety; technologies; United; States; Motor; Carrier; Industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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