Diffusion of Autonomous Vehicles as an Organizational Innovation

Abstract

All organizations incur costs during the adoption and diffusion of new innovations. Adoption can fail, or organizations can incur excessive costs if diffusion is executed poorly. Diffusion of innovation is a long-standing field of research, but autonomous vehicles present a rarely-seen level of disruptiveness to commercial/governmental organizations and to societal norms. This merits scrutiny of organizations with large vehicle fleets, such as the USAF. The findings of this research assess USAF readiness to adopt autonomous vehicles along extant factors from literature.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 23, 2017
Accession Number
AD1055106

Entities

People

  • John D. Iv Atkinson

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Application Software
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • Business Administration
  • Case Studies
  • Computer Programs
  • Data Analysis
  • Databases
  • Digital Data
  • Digital Information
  • Electronic Mail
  • Employment
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Information Systems
  • Institutional Review Board
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Metadata
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Social Norms
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Word Processors

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  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy