An Exploratory Study of High-Performance Computing Technology Adoption over the Stages of Entrepreneurship

Cunningham, James, Damij, Nadja and Modic, Dolores (2022) An Exploratory Study of High-Performance Computing Technology Adoption over the Stages of Entrepreneurship. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, 14 (4-5). pp. 497-526. ISSN 1742-5360

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEV.2022.10051664

Abstract

The focus of this paper is to examine how and when technology adoption occurs over the stages of entrepreneurship. High-performance computing (HPC) includes infrastructure and applications that are used for complex computational problems and can involve supercomputers and linked clusters. HPC can contribute to industry and firm competitiveness, particularly for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Against this background, there remains a limited understanding of how and when technology adoption occurs over the stages of entrepreneurship. In addressing this deficit our exploratory study identifies how and when technology adoption occurs over the stages of entrepreneurship. Our contribution is twofold. First, we develop a taxonomy of HPC with respect to the how and when of technology adoption. Second, we identify three categories of technology adoption - emergent imitators, early adopters and growth assimilators across two stages of entrepreneurship - emergent and late-stage.

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Additional Information: Funding infromation: Authors gratefully acknowledge the High performance computing for Effective Innovation in the Danube Region (InnoHPC) project, financed under the Interreg Danube. The collection of the data was co-funded by the European Union, ERDF and IPA FUNDS, grant number DTP1-260-1.1.
Uncontrolled Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Technology Adoption, High-Performance Computing, SMEs, Late-Stage Entrepreneurship, Emergent Entrepreneurship
Subjects: N100 Business studies
Department: Faculties > Business and Law > Newcastle Business School
Depositing User: John Coen
Date Deposited: 14 Feb 2022 12:43
Last Modified: 27 Oct 2023 03:30
URI: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/48454

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