Faculty Publications - College of Business
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2017
Abstract
Research defines technology transfer from the viewpoint of business processes and personnel skills (Rogers, Takegami & Yin, 2001). The focus is on action to adapt and embrace an existing technology to gain efficiency (Gilsing et al., 2011). We examine this phenomenon as innovation based on the ability to transfer existing needs, desires, behaviors, and expectations to new technology. We find technology is adopted when transfer opportunities become manifest and each transfer builds upon its predecessor to create transformation in the long term. This relationship between transfer and transformation gradually builds technology adoption across chasms of the S-curve technology innovation curve.
Recommended Citation
Aguilar, Ian; Mertens, Dan; and Shelton, Paul, "Technology Transfer Versus Transformation" (2017). Faculty Publications - College of Business. 92.
https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/gfsb/92
Comments
Originally published in Journal of Strategic Innovation and Sustainability Vol. 12(2) 2017. http://www.na-businesspress.com/JSIS/JSIS12-2/AguilarI_abstract.html