Technology Adoption: Organizational Learning in Oil Firms Jaana Woiceshyn
Organization Studies · 2000 · Volume 21 · Issue 6
Abstract
What makes the adoption of technology in some firms a successful process, while others experience difficulties? Based on a retrospective case study, this paper compares the process of adopting horizontal drilling technology in two large Canadian oil companies; one a more successful and the other a less successful adopter of technology. Adoption is viewed as a process of organizational learning which proceeds in a feedback loop from observing, interpreting, integrating to acting. The two companies differed both in these processes and in the factors facilitating or impeding them: capability, resources, motivation, effort, shared values, incentives, and external triggers. The implications for researchers and managers are discussed.
Keywords
technology adoption processes, organizational learning, oil industry
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