INTRAFIRM DIFFUSION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES - THE NEGLECTED PART OF TECHNOLOGY-TRANSFER

In this paper we explore the factors that affect the level of use of n ew technologies by firms post first adoption. Using newly collected da ta we show that there is little support for the predictions of the sem inal model in the literature. An alternative empirical model is propos ed and estimated which predicts that the factors that drive the intra firm diffusion process for a new technology are basically time since f irst adoption, firm size and the other technologies in use. Our result s also hint that as newer technologies are introduced older technologi es will be used less extensively.