| dc.contributor.author | Douthwaite, Boru |
| dc.contributor.author | Keatinge, J.D.H. |
| dc.contributor.author | Park, J.R. |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-04T11:24:21Z |
| dc.date.available | 2019-12-04T11:24:21Z |
| dc.date.issued | 2001-05 |
| dc.identifier.citation | Douthwaite, B., Keatinge, J.D.H. & Park, J.R. (2001). Why promising technologies fail: the neglected role of user innovation during adoption. Research Policy, 30(5), 819-836. |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0048-7333 |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/4349 |
| dc.description | Published online: 22 May 2001 |
| dc.description.abstract | The paper analyses innovation histories of two agro-mechanical and two seed-based technologies with high and low technological complexity, introduced into simple and complex farming systems in Asia. The main conclusion, which may be seen as a hypothesis for further testing, is that, as technology and system complexity increase so does the need for interaction between the originating R&D team and the key stakeholders (those who will directly gain and lose from the innovation) when the latter first replicate and use the new technology. This is because a successful technology represents a synthesis of the researcher and key stakeholder knowledge sets, and creating this synthesis requires more iteration and negotiation as complexity increases. Instead of assuming a new technology is ‘finished’ when it leaves the research institute, a more effective way of developing complex technologies is for the R&D team to release them as soon as the key stakeholders will adopt, and then nurture the technology’s continued development in partnership with the key stakeholders. |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit |
| dc.format.extent | 819-836 |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.subject | Technology |
| dc.subject | Innovation |
| dc.subject | Farming Systems |
| dc.subject | Stakeholders |
| dc.title | Why promising technologies fail: the neglected role of user innovation during adoption |
| dc.type | Journal Article |
| dc.description.version | Peer Review |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | University of Reading |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | International Institute of Tropical Agriculture |
| cg.isijournal | ISI Journal |
| cg.authorship.types | CGIAR and advanced research institute |
| cg.journal | Research Policy |
| cg.howpublished | Formally Published |
| cg.accessibilitystatus | Limited Access |
| local.dspaceid | 100008 |
| cg.targetaudience | Scientists |
| cg.identifier.doi | https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0048-7333(00)00124-4 |
