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“Digital tools are locally appropriated, mostly in path-dependent ways [55], where technology adoption reflects the area's manufacturing and industrial profile and is shaped by local cultural norms [56] and institutional thickness [57].”
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- Williams, R., & Edge, D.
- Affiliations
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Williams, Robin
- Venue
- Research Policy
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- Elsevier BV
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- 1996-09
- Volume
- 25
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- 6
- Pages
- 865-899
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- 0048-7333 (ISSN-L)
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- Research Policy (publishedVersion)
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- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management Information Systems › Information Systems Theories and Implementation
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Innovation, Technology, and Society
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting
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- social shaping of technology, innovation process, technology policy, information technology, social dimensions of technology
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