 Adoption of a focal production innovation within a supply networkThomas F. Burgess, Stephen M. Burkinshaw and Arun P. Vijayan International Journal of Management and Decision Making, 2006, vol. 7, issue 6, 628-642 Abstract: An empirical study using mixed-methods is reported into the barriers and facilitating factors for the diffusion of Digital Inkjet Printing (DIP) as a full-scale production method within the supply network of the textile manufacturing industry. Data are obtained from interviews with a convenience sample of 27 organisations representing the main stakeholder groups in the network. To guide the analysis, a conceptual framework is applied that focuses on four key aspects: knowledge of the technology, perceived characteristics of the technology, network relationships and absorptive capacities associated with three areas of innovation: product, process and administrative. Earlier industry use of DIP to produce samples is shown to play a part in promoting the technology as a full-scale production method. The supply network is not dominated by any particular stakeholder group and anticipated production costs are an important influence on adoption activity. Keywords: production innovation; supply networks; digital inkjet printing; DIP; textile manufacturing; production costs; supply chain management; SCM. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijmdma:v:7:y:2006:i:6:p:628-642 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Management and Decision Making from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
Is your work missing from RePEc? Here is how to contribute.
Questions or problems? Check the EconPapers FAQ or send mail to .
EconPapers is hosted by the
School of Business at Örebro University.