The Diffusion of Flexible Manufacturing Systems in Japan, Europe and the United States
利用约175家企业的数据，分析日本、西欧和美国柔性制造系统的扩散速度，检验美国企业是否如常言所说采用较慢并探究原因。
This paper is concerned with the rate of diffusion of flexible manufacturing systems, one of the most important industrial applications of information technology. Using data from about 175 firms, I analyze diffusion rates in Japan, Western Europe and the United States, a major purpose being to determine whether, as is often claimed, U.S. firms have been relatively slow to introduce this innovation, and if so, why.