… in industries outside ‘high technology’ that are early adopters … use in a wide range of industries.
We document practices that … as a paradigm for industrial innovation beyond high tech to …

… , we suggest that early adopters of industrial innovations assume two different roles: word-of-mouth
trigger – as in the case of PlasmaTech and StorageTech; and industry benchmark – …

… Platform At first, company C thought that the largest players in the industry could be effectively
targeted as early adopters because they could enjoy a strong competitive advantage from …

… the extent to which early adopter characteristics are different or similar in whether they adopt
disruptive or sustaining innovations. A deeper understanding of early adopters could assist …

… the industries in which the Internet is being used for business. These firms are early adopters
in the … The use of the Internet for business is observable in other industries. In the retail …

… Industry 4.0 is a new trend among organizations. Some organizations have been early adopters
or later adopters of Industry … to be an early adopter or late adopter based on knowledge …

… of mature technologies or a non-adopter) in the … early adopters on the one hand and
laggards on the other. We also find that early adopters and innovators do not differ from each other …

… Lead users and early adopters are often blogging or reading and commenting on blogs. … a
theme or idea, product, industry, hobby, or any other subject. While community creation is one …

… early adopters. This study explores the relationship between personality traits of early adopters
… to their SNSI scores from Klout and PeerIndex, the industry standard for measuring SNSI. …

… The aim of this paper is to give an overview of the defining characteristics of innovators
and early adopters of an innovation. Rogers (2003, p.12) defines an innovation as “an idea, …