Institutionalization as an Innovation Process: Insight Into ICT Use in Agricultural Advisory System

Mori W. Gouroubera, Latifou Idrissou, Ismail M. Moumouni, Florent Okry and Mohamed Nasser Baco
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Mori W. Gouroubera: Laboratoire de Recherche sur l’Innovation pour le Développement Agricole (LRIDA), University of Parakou, Benin
Latifou Idrissou: Laboratoire de Recherche sur l’Innovation pour le Développement Agricole (LRIDA), University of Parakou, Benin
Ismail M. Moumouni: Laboratoire de Recherche sur l’Innovation pour le Développement Agricole (LRIDA), University of Parakou, Benin
Florent Okry: ��Université Nationale d’Agriculture (UNA), Porto Novo, Benin, Access Agriculture, Cotonou, Benin
Mohamed Nasser Baco: ��Laboratoire Société-Environnement (LaSEn), University of Parakou, Benin

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), 2023, vol. 20, issue 02, 1-26

Abstract: This article critically examines the relationship between institutionalization and the innovation process, traditionally regarded distinctively, leading to theoretical and methodological biases. It is also difficult to find how empirical research implements institutional theories. Drawing on the innovation and institutional theories, and a systematic literature review on ICT usage in the agricultural advisory system (AAS), our study reveals that ICT is becoming established within AAS. Two dominant isomorphisms guided ICT usage in AAS: coercive and normative isomorphism. We argue that the institutionalization process is a continuum of the innovation process. From this perspective, technology is conceptualized as potentially useful knowledge that undergoes a series of changes during its institutionalization. We propose an analytical framework that could induce further theoretical refinement and progress.

Keywords: Agricultural advisory system; ICT; innovation process; institutionalization; isomorphism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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