Increasing rate of diffusion of innovation in supply chain: targeting the early adopters in UK supply chain

Sir Yee Lee; Ming Lim; Dave Food; Jiayao Hu

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-99707-0_26

Increasing rate of diffusion of innovation in supply chain: targeting the early adopters in UK supply chain

Sir Yee Lee, Ming Lim, Dave Food, Jiayao Hu

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Abstract

Innovations (technology and software) had revolutionized the modern supply chain and bring numerous benefits. Nevertheless, not all party in a supply chain is ready to embrace and adopt the innovations when they are first released due to the substantial risk and uncertainty. Early adopters however are bold enough to take the risk in trying an innovation and later lead the late adopters in using the said innovation, which also act as a motivator in helping to spread and diffuse that innovation. This research aimed to look for characteristics of early adopters in UK supply chain at the firm level, specifically within purchasing of software innovation. It is discovered that the early adopters in UK supply chain fit the description that was put forward by various researchers stating that early adopters are quick, bold and take the risk in purchasing a new software that is just released to the market even if they are expensive. They will advise other company to buy a good software. They however do not exhibit clear traits in their company profile, in terms of size, age and type of industry. The profile of the purchasing manager(s) in the firm also fail to exhibit distinct characteristics in term of gender and age. The media habit and software usage, as well as methods to gather information about new software, however reveal some positive results. They are willing to join any group in social media and they use most social media apart from LinkedIn.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Production Management Systems. Smart Manufacturing for Industry 4.0
Subtitle of host publication	IFIP WG 5.7 International Conference, APMS 2018, Seoul, Korea, August 26-30, 2018, Proceedings, Part II
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	209-214
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-99707-0
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-99706-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99707-0_26
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	Advances in Production Management System 2018 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of Duration: 26 Aug 2018 → 30 Aug 2018

Publication series

Name	IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Volume	536
ISSN (Print)	1868-4238
ISSN (Electronic)	1868-422X

Conference

Conference	Advances in Production Management System 2018
Abbreviated title	APMS 2018 International Conference
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Seoul
Period	26/08/18 → 30/08/18

Keywords

Early adopter
Supply chain
Diffusion of innovations

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Lee, S. Y., Lim, M., Food, D., & Hu, J. (2018). Increasing rate of diffusion of innovation in supply chain: targeting the early adopters in UK supply chain. In Advances in Production Management Systems. Smart Manufacturing for Industry 4.0: IFIP WG 5.7 International Conference, APMS 2018, Seoul, Korea, August 26-30, 2018, Proceedings, Part II (pp. 209-214). (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; Vol. 536). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99707-0_26

Increasing rate of diffusion of innovation in supply chain: targeting the early adopters in UK supply chain. / Lee, Sir Yee; Lim, Ming; Food, Dave et al.
Advances in Production Management Systems. Smart Manufacturing for Industry 4.0: IFIP WG 5.7 International Conference, APMS 2018, Seoul, Korea, August 26-30, 2018, Proceedings, Part II. Springer Verlag, 2018. p. 209-214 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; Vol. 536).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

Lee, SY, Lim, M, Food, D & Hu, J 2018, Increasing rate of diffusion of innovation in supply chain: targeting the early adopters in UK supply chain. in Advances in Production Management Systems. Smart Manufacturing for Industry 4.0: IFIP WG 5.7 International Conference, APMS 2018, Seoul, Korea, August 26-30, 2018, Proceedings, Part II. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol. 536, Springer Verlag, pp. 209-214, Advances in Production Management System 2018, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 26/08/18. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99707-0_26

Lee SY, Lim M, Food D, Hu J. Increasing rate of diffusion of innovation in supply chain: targeting the early adopters in UK supply chain. In Advances in Production Management Systems. Smart Manufacturing for Industry 4.0: IFIP WG 5.7 International Conference, APMS 2018, Seoul, Korea, August 26-30, 2018, Proceedings, Part II. Springer Verlag. 2018. p. 209-214. (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology). Epub 2018 Aug 25. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-99707-0_26

Lee, Sir Yee ; Lim, Ming ; Food, Dave et al. / Increasing rate of diffusion of innovation in supply chain: targeting the early adopters in UK supply chain. Advances in Production Management Systems. Smart Manufacturing for Industry 4.0: IFIP WG 5.7 International Conference, APMS 2018, Seoul, Korea, August 26-30, 2018, Proceedings, Part II. Springer Verlag, 2018. pp. 209-214 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology).

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