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Innovativeness: The Concept and Its Measurement

1978; Oxford University Press; Volume: 4; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1086/208701

1537-5277

David F. Midgley, Grahame R. Dowling,

University-Industry-Government Innovation Models

The nature of innovativeness, and its relationship to adoption, are explored in this article. It is argued that innovativeness should be conceptualized at a higher level of abstraction, and that explicit recognition should be given to the complex communication processes intervening between this construct and observable behavior.