Social drivers for ICT diffusion among agrarian business enterprises in Nigeria

Bartholomew Aleke; Udechukwu Ojiako; David Wainwright

doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-2791-8.ch007

Social drivers for ICT diffusion among agrarian business enterprises in Nigeria

Bartholomew Aleke^*, Udechukwu Ojiako, David Wainwright

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Design, Manufacturing And Engineering Management

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In this paper, the authors examine the process of diffusion of innovation ICT within agrarian business enterprises operating in developing countries. There is substantial research in the area of Diffusion of Innovation Theory (DoI) and its application to Information Systems (IS) research within organisations. However, in recognition of the conceptual limitations of DoI, researchers have called for the incorporation of aspects of Social Network Theory (SNT) into DoI frameworks. The findings of this research suggest that an understanding of the conceptual basis of innovation is a major driver of successful innovation adoption.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Technology Diffusion and Adoption
Subtitle of host publication	Global Complexity, Global Innovation
Editors	Ali Hussein Saleh Zolait
Place of Publication	Hershey, PA
Pages	91-104
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9781466627925
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2791-8.ch007
Publication status	Published - 31 Jan 2013

Keywords

information communication technologies
ICT innovation
developing countries
Nigeria

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