Richard Germain. The role of context and structure in radical and incremental logistics innovation adoption. Journal of Business Research, 35(2):117–127, February 1996. doi:10.1016/0148-2963(95)00053-4.
@article{germain_role_1996,
abstract = {An analysis of manufacturers was undertaken to examine the adoption of logistics process innovation. A typology of innovation was created on innovation cost and radicalness. The results reveal that size and environmental uncertainty directly predict expensive, radical but not low-cost, incremental innovation. Specialization predicts both. Decentralization of logistics process innovation adoption decision-making predicts low-cost, incremental innovation but not expensive, radical innovation, whereas decentralization of manufacturing operations does not predict logistics process innovation. Finally, although integration does not predict low-cost, incremental innovation, it inversely predicts high-cost, radical innovation},
author = {Germain, Richard},
doi = {10.1016/0148-2963(95)00053-4},
issn = {0148-2963},
journal = {Journal of Business Research},
month = {February},
number = {2},
pages = {117-127},
title = {The Role of Context and Structure in Radical and Incremental Logistics Innovation Adoption},
volume = {35},
year = {1996}
}