On the diffusion of software technologies: technological frameworks and adoption profiles
Gonzalo León · 1996
This paper presents an analysis of the forces that constrain the diffusion of software technologies in the organizations from the perspective of the technological frameworks exhibited by individuals and the social groups to which they belong. In the adoption process, stakeholders are organized as circles of diffusion; each group possesses different reference frameworks that constrain the way that information technology is accepted and diffused. These constraints are explained in terms of the lack of congruence between the technological frameworks exhibited by the different groups. After characterizing the transition groups in terms of the adoption profiles we postulate a set of actions to decrease the risks of failure in the adoption of software technologies. Finally, the ideas are applied to the analysis of a technology transfer case with FDTs in the telecommunication domain.