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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.
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- University of Edinburgh (GB)
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- Williams, Robin
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- Research Policy
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- Elsevier BV
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- 1996-09
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- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management Information Systems › Information Systems Theories and Implementation
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