CEO characteristics and technology adoption in smaller manufacturing firms

Theorectical background and empirical evidence -- The influence of the CEO on the adoption of new technologies -- The CEOs personal characteristics and adoption of innovations -- The CEOs attitudes and personality traits -- The CEOs decision-making process and the adoption of innovations -- Structural characteristics linked to the CEOs influence and the adoption of innovation -- Methodology -- Choice of research variables and their operational measures -- The dependent variable -- The independent variables -- The control variables -- Choice of organizational context -- Data collection and analysis -- The field study -- Results and discussion -- Characteristics of CEOs in the more innovation firms -- Classifying firms according to their degree of innovativeness -- Study limitations.