Influence of Environmental Factors and Prior Changes on the Organizational Adoption of Changes in Products and in Technological and Administrative Processes |
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| Authors: | J Daniel Wischnevsky Fariborz Damanpour Francis A Méndez |
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| Institution: | 1. Fairleigh Dickinson University, Silberman College of Business, 1000 River Road – H‐DH2‐06, Teaneck, NJ 07666, USAEmail: dw@fdu.edu;2. Rutgers University, Department of Management and Global Business, 111 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102‐3027, USAEmail: damanpour@business.rutgers.edu;3. Texas State University, CIS and Quantitative Methods Department, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX 78666, USAEmail: fm16@txstate.edu |
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| Abstract: | This research studies how organizational adoption of three different types of change – change in products, in technological processes and in administrative processes – is influenced by environmental factors such as industry regulation and market concentration and by the prior adoption of different types of change. We tested our hypotheses in the service sector, examining a sample of bank holding companies in the USA for the period 1975–1995. We found that (1) environmental factors influence rates of change in products, in technological processes and in administrative processes differently; (2) changes in products are followed by changes in both technological and administrative processes; and (3) the three types of change exhibit momentum, as firms are more likely to implement changes similar to those they have recently undertaken. We discuss the implications of our findings for the theory and management of change in organizations. |
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