title: The role of the organization structure in the diffusion of innovations.
abstract: Diffusion and adoption of innovations is a topic of increasing interest in economics, market research, and sociology. In this paper we investigate, through an agent based model, the dynamics of adoption of innovative proposals in different kinds of structures. We show that community structure plays an important role on the innovation diffusion, so that proposals are more likely to be accepted in homogeneous organizations. In addition, we show that the learning process of innovative technologies enhances their diffusion, thus resulting in an important ingredient when heterogeneous networks are considered. We also show that social pressure blocks the adoption process whatever the structure of the organization. These results may help to understand how different factors influence the diffusion and acceptance of innovative proposals in different communities and organizations.
authors.affiliation: Centro Universitario de la Defensa. 50090 Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sáenz-Royo
authors.affiliation: Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems. University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gracia-Lázaro
authors.affiliation: Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems. University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain; Departamento de Física Teórica. University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain; Complex Networks and Systems Lagrange Lab, Institute for Scientific Interchange, Turin 10126, Italy.
authors.forename: Yamir
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Moreno
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical