Re-invention

Re-invention occurs when an innovation must be adapted to the structure of the organization that is adopting it Westphal, Gulati, and Shortell, 1997; Majchrzak et al., 2000.

Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 2003

Re-invention occurs when an innovation must be adapted to the structure of the organization that is adopting it Westphal, Gulati, and Shortell, 1997; Majchrzak et al., 2000.

Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 2003

Re-invention is the degree to which an innovation is changed or modified by a user in the process of its adoption and implementation.

Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 1995

Re-invention generally does not receive much favorable attention from research and development agencies, who may consider re-invention a distortion of their original technology.

Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 1995

Re-invention could not really be investigated until diffusion researchers began to gather data about implementation, for most re-invention occurs at the implementation stage of the innovation-decision process.

Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 1995

Re-invention often is beneficial to the adopters of an innovation.

Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 1995

“Re-invention” seems like an appropriate word to describe the degree to which an innovation is changed or modified by the user in the process of its adoption and implementation.

Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 1995

Re-invention is an important way in which the innovation is changed to fit the adopting units situation.

Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 1995

Re-invention is the degree to which an innovation is changed or modified by a user in the process of its adoption and implementation.

Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 1995

Re-invention thus may be a simplification of the innovation.

Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 1995