Business Administration 3300K Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Deductive Reasoning, Institutional Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: Business Administration 3300K
• Professor: Alexander Miller

Document Summary

S5-mis: a study of how underperforming firms follow industry leaders. Coercive facet: depicts how firms comply with powerful entities (governments, large customers); compliance with these entities is less voluntary than with the other two facets has proved to be major driver of erp adoption. Conformity to established norms facet: depicts how orgas go along with industry norms and standards; tends to occur more easily in industries because interaction allows firms to exchange ideas. Mimetic facet: depicts how underperforming firms tend to follow the lead; helps waiting firms to avoid costs and pitfalls of developing and implementing new technologies on their on. Both conformity & mimetic facets are rooted in insecurity, risk & uncertainty both give decision- maker feeling as if it is justified that he made decision to implement as others did before. 2. 2 institutional theory & erp adoption hypotheses.