The antecedents of e-learning adoption within Italian corporate universities: a comparative case study

Journal Title: EAI Endorsed Transactions on e-Learning - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 12

Abstract

The implementation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in business education appears to be influenced by a number of organizational issues, such as culture and technological sophistication. However, extant research has had very little to say about the antecedents that shape the adoption and diffusion of ICT across companies. In order to shed light on the phenomenon under investigation, this paper presents a comparative case study between five Italian companies that have instituted a corporate university. By distinguishing companies in typical cases and deviant cases with regard to the extensive use of e-learning technologies, our findings provide some useful insights about the antecedents that make companies more or less prone to employ the new frontiers of technology in their CUs.

Authors and Affiliations

M. Iannotta, C. Meret, M. Gatti, F. D’Ascenzo

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  • EP ID EP45979
  • DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.2-12-2016.151717
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M. Iannotta, C. Meret, M. Gatti, F. D’Ascenzo (2016). The antecedents of e-learning adoption within Italian corporate universities: a comparative case study. EAI Endorsed Transactions on e-Learning, 3(12), -. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-45979