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Toward a Theory of Innovation
dc.contributor.authorDowns, Georgeen_US
dc.contributor.authorMohr, Lawrenceen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-13T20:17:52Z
dc.date.available2010-04-13T20:17:52Z
dc.date.issued1979en_US
dc.identifier.citationDowns, George; Mohr, Lawrence (1979). "Toward a Theory of Innovation." Administration & Society 10(4): 379-408. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/68286>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0095-3997en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/68286
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this article is to eliminate further conceptual obstacles to the develop ment of a workable theory of innovation and to move toward a better theoretic statement. The approach to overcoming the conceptual problems centers primarily around four ideas: (1) building a theory around the "innovation decision" as the unit of analysis, rather than either innovations or adopters: (2) lifting the level of general ity of independent variables so that a great deal of statistical interaction is avoided; (3) splitting the act of innovation into two stages, diffusion and adoption, to eliminate the confounding effects of time of awareness in studies of innovation; (4) introducing the idea of a "fair-trial point" into the conceptualization of innovation, solving sev eral additional problems at once.en_US
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dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.titleToward a Theory of Innovationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelManagementen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPolitical Scienceen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEconomicsen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelBusinessen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherUniversity of California, Davisen_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1177/009539977901000401en_US
dc.identifier.sourceAdministration & Societyen_US
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