The modern industrial firm increasingly relies on software to support its competitive position. However, the uncertain … and dynamic nature of today's global marketplace dictates that this software be continually evolved and adapted, to meet … new business challenges. This ability – to rapidly update, improve, remove, replace, and reimagine the software …

We study firm-level adoption of packaged software products of almost 4,000 UK sites between 2000 and 2003. We consider … all software used in a firm as its software product and categorize it into related, but distinct subsystems: the core …. Architectural changes hinders adoption of some, but not all software applications. -- Software ; diffusion ; innovation ; system …