Askarany et al.
(2012) [59] contributed to the
analysis of the factors influencing the adoption of ABC
by assessing the contribution of the characteristics of an
innovation on adoption. Specifically, they applies
innovation diffusion theory to examine the impact of five
characteristics of an innovation, and organisation size,
industry and location on the decision to adopt activitybased
costing (ABC). The best model specification
arises when organisations that have adopted ABC are
compared with those that have rejected it. The results
reveal that organisations are more likely to adopt ABC
when they attach a high level of importance to the
relative advantages offered by innovations, are large