Abstract
This chapter describes the Technology–Organization–Environment (TOE) framework. It begins by presenting a description of the TOE framework and its constructs. Next, a brief review of studies that have used the TOE framework is provided. In this review, an emphasis is placed on noting the type of innovation that is being adopted in each study. Also, the different ways in which the framework has been adapted for various adoption contexts are highlighted. Finally, directions for future research with the TOE framework are described. In spite of this framework’s stability since its initial development, many avenues for evolution and development appear promising.
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Abbreviations
- CRT:
-
Cathode ray tube
- DOI Theory:
-
Diffusion of innovations theory
- EDI:
-
Electronic data interchange
- ERP:
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Enterprise resource planning
- IOS:
-
Interorganizational systems
- IS:
-
Information systems
- RBV:
-
Resource-based view
- RFID:
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Radio-frequency identification
- SCM:
-
Supply chain management
- TAM:
-
Technology acceptance model
- TAM2:
-
Technology acceptance model version 2
- TOE:
-
Technology–organization–environment framework
- TPB:
-
Theory of planned behavior
- UTAUT:
-
Unified theory of acceptance and use of technology
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Baker, J. (2012). The Technology–Organization–Environment Framework. In: Dwivedi, Y., Wade, M., Schneberger, S. (eds) Information Systems Theory. Integrated Series in Information Systems, vol 28. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6108-2_12
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