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Dissertation Information for Alok Chakrabati

NAME:
- Alok Chakrabati
- (Alias) Alok K. Chakrabarty
- (Alias) Alok Chakrabarti
- (Alias) Alok Kumar Chakrabarti

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Electrical Engineering

SCHOOL:
- Northwestern University (USA) (1972)

ADVISORS:
- None

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- None

MPACT Status: Incomplete - Inspected

Title: The effects of techno-economic and organizational factors on the adoption of NASA-innovations by commercial firms in the United States

Abstract: "The relative importance of the techno-economic and organizational factors which affect the adoption of new technology in commercial firms was studied in this dissertation.

Using NASA tech briefs containing ideas for new products and processes, it was possible to get access to 73 cases, 45 product and 23 processes, where different decisions for adoption were made on 45 tech briefs. The data base obtained from the Project for Analysis of Technology Transfer at Denver Research Institute was used to define the population of cases. It was hypothesized that the degree of success of adoption would be dependent on the following: (a) Degree of general connection of the technology to the firm's existing operations (Mnemonic-BIZCON). (b) Specificity of relationship between the technology and some existing and recognized problem (SPECIF). (c) Degree of urgency of the problem to which the technology was related (URGNCY). (d) Quality of information received from the source of the technology (QINFO). (e) Maturity of the technology (MATUR). (f) Availability of personnel to implement the technology (PERSN). (g) Difficulty of obtaining financial resources necessary for implementation (DIFUND). (h) Degree of top management's interest in the technology (MGTS). These variables were measured on a 5-point Likert Scale.

The multivariate regression analysis of both the product and process cases indicated that: (1) top management's interest was important in the product cases only and (2) the success of process innovations was dependent upon the quality of information and the specificity of relationship between the technology and some recognized existing problem.

The study showed that the success of product and process innovations are related to different sets of factors. An implication of these findings is that information dissemination systems should recognize this and adopt different strategies for dissemination of product and process innovations.

MPACT Scores for Alok Chakrabati

A = 0
C = 1
A+C = 1
T = 0
G = 0
W = 0
TD = 0
TA = 0
calculated 2009-06-16 19:22:53

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