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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Adoption levels."”.
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An exploratory study of the diffusion of instructional computing innovation among social work faculty
… to be correlated with the innovational adoption process. The findings suggested that the innovational attributes of trialability (r =.459, $p<.001$) and observability (r =.363, $p<.001$) surfaced as moderate predictors of instructional computing innovation adoption levels. Perceptions of …
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Meta-standardisation of interoperability protocols
… which is a key factor for the high adoption levels. But the majority of protocols are complex, making them relatively difficult for programmers to understand and implement. This research proposes a possible new direction for high-level interoperability protocols design.
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Use of mobile phones by subsistence farmers in the Kingdom of Eswatini: a design science research
… The advancement of mobile phones and their high adoption levels by developing countries makes them one of the most ideal means of disseminating information amongst farmers. The use of mobile phones by farmers not only benefits farmers, but also the organizations supporting them by improving the …
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Assessing Factors Affecting Adoption of Agricultural Technologies: The Case of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Kumi District, Eastern Uganda
… of pesticides in controlling pests, and their adoption by farmers can reduce the use of pesticides and their adverse impacts. The introduction of IPM CRSP activities in Uganda to institutionalize IPM methods focused on priority crops in the country. This study analyzed adoption of eight IPM …
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Expediting organizational transformation in the small firm sector : lessons from the metalworking industry
This dissertation examines the adoption of new work organization practices in the small firm, manufacturing sector through an in-depth examination of the metalworking industry in western Massachusetts. An original survey of 46 firms was conducted as were detailed firm-level case studies. Four key …
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Distributional effects of net metering policies and residential solar plus behind-the-meter storage adoption
… battery systems under 20%, 45% and 70% adoption levels and calculate both resulting bills for every client in the dataset, as well as cost shifts arising from the combination of NEM and the allocation of network and policy costs (i.e., residual costs) through volumetric charges (i.e., in …
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Factors influencing adoption and diffusion of mobile payment systems - a holistic framework
… their potential, have not reached the expected adoption levels. While there may be many reasons for this, previous research focused on few topics only, mainly technology and consumers. The main aim of this study was to find out what is necessary to improve adoption and diffusion of mobile …
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Designing Electricity Distribution Network Tariffs for Beneficial Electrification
… travel behavior. We find that beyond very low adoption levels, time-of-use per-kWh network tariffs, which several states have adopted as the default, perform poorly on all metrics and lead to large increases in local peak demand. Per-kW capacity tariffs (subscription and demand charges) are …
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The Online Shopping Acceptance Model
… countries such as Saudi Arabia. Technology adoption levels in Saudi Arabia are growing rapidly but have yet to reach their full potential. One of the leading theories explaining online shopping behaviour – the online shopping acceptance model (OSAM) – has not been employed in previous …
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Investigating the usability and usefulness of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and its effect on Technology Readiness (TR) and Technology Adoption (TA) in the SA construction industry
… how Technology Readiness (TR) and Technology Adoption (TA) are predicted in the attainment of effective project management and collaboration in the South African construction industry. Despite the various documented benefits of Building Information Modelling (BIM), developing countries such as …
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Market orientation and firm performance in Ghana's telecommunications industry
… to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the adoption levels of market orientation (MO) in Ghana’s mobile telecommunications industry, and to assess its relationship to performance. This was necessitated by the fact that, in-spite of the superfluity of literature on market orientation and its …
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The Determinant factors of cloud computing adoption for electoral data management in Nigeria
… an alternative solution, such as cloud computing adoption. This is due to some benefits, such as accessibility, enhanced information security, collaboration, reliability, increased transparency, scalability, and data management capabilities, that cloud computing provides. There is insufficient …
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Antecedents of business-to-business e-commerce adoption and its effect on competitive advantage in manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises: A comparative study of United States of America and Egypt
Business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce adoption has become a necessity for most small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), allowing them to gain and sustain competitive advantage in a dynamic competitive environment. Accepting the fact that B2B is adopted at different levels based on different …
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Technology innovation management in the Nigerian banking industry: integrating stakeholders' perspectives, an exploration of strategy and policy implications.
… two interrelated studies in a bid to explore the levels of e-banking adoption by individual bank customers in Nigeria. Firstly, a comparative analysis of the starting conditions of e-banking in Nigeria and the UK was carried out using secondary sources of data. The second part of the study …
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Innovation adoption and farm management practices in the Canterbury dairy industry
This research examined technology adoption behaviours of Canterbury (New Zealand) dairy farmers and the socio-demographic, farm and information seeking characteristics (ISCs) associated with adoption. Ten farm management practices (FMPs) were selected based on their adoption and promotion by the …
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Consumers' adoption and continuance intention to use mobile payment services
… Despite the proliferation of smartphone adoption in African countries, little is known about the factors that influence the adoption and continued use of the novel technology such as mobile payment services, particularly in developing countries such as South Africa. Although there are …