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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Early Adopter"”.
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The Image from the Road: Towards Mapping the Phenomenological
<p>An area of focus, used in early and contemporary forms of cognitive geography research, is the ‘cognitive map’, a concept that suggests “that people hold a map-like database in their minds to which they can add and use to tackle geographical tasks”. Kevin Lynch, an urban planner in the 1960s, …
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Alternative fuels : how can aviation cross the "Valley of Death"
… the lenses of the technology developer, the early adopter, the early majority user, and the financial community. The challenges related to crossing the "Valley of Death" between technology development and deployment, and bridging the "Chasm" between the early adopters and the early majority …
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User driven product innovation
… prior to general availability of a product with early ingredients that are in the research and development pipeline. All business users of new product platforms do not adopt an innovation at the same time and can be qualitatively placed in widely accepted classification of adopter categories …
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Teacher perceptions of moving toward technology innovation: does an enhancing education through technology grant lead to innovation and change?
… technology coordinators and teachers were in the Early Adopter category, and 66% in the Early Majority category. The CBAM model (Hall & Hord, 1987) revealed that 3 participants were in the Routine level, 2 participants were in the Refinement level, 3 participants were in the Integration level, and …
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Looking Back on Creating a COVID Telemedicine
… patient care. This elective was an example of an early adopter of telemedicine in COVID-19 follow up. Now two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the CDC, NIH, and health systems all around the United States have made virtual visits commonplace when treating patients with COVID-19 and beyond.
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Persuasive technology in tourism online experiences and implications on tourist buying behaviour
… users into customers. Tourism, despite being an early adopter of technology lags behind in terms of delivering UXs that meet users’ expectations. Furthermore, scholarly works exploring online UX as a persuasive technology within the tourism SMEs, specifically the day-attraction SMEs segment, are …
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Tipping in: School integration in gentrifying neighborhoods
… different types of Gentry Parents: Innovator and Early Adopter Gentry Parents who are willing to be the first of their peer group to enroll their child in a segregated school, and Early Majority and Late Majority Gentry Parents who will only enroll their children in a school once their peers have …
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Digital photography and the dynamics of technology innovation
… firms, and is at present extending beyond the early adopter stage in the broader consumer market. It is a current example of innovation and technological discontinuity, and one that has enough history to permit analysis. It poses a real potential disruptive threat to the incumbent players, some …
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Impact of 3D printing on global supply chains by 2020
… parts has made the Life Sciences industry an early adopter of 3D Printing. Demand for low volume spare parts of vintage cars and older models makes 3D Printing very useful in the Automotive industry. Using data collected from expert interviews, site visits, and online sources, and making …
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Understanding the drivers behind farmer decision making toward a new farm management approach : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master Applied Science at Lincoln University
… of a new approach (RA) on a specific group of early adopter farmers. The project aimed to answer three research questions: research question one examined how respondents defined the value of a RA approach; research question two examined how respondents defined success with a RA approach; …
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Defining and Analyzing Negative Policy Transfer: National Orphan Drug Regulatory Policy in Canada and Australia
… a puzzle for researchers, as Australia was an early adopter of a national regulatory policy in line with other jurisdictions internationally, while Canadian policymakers have rejected a similar policy several times since the late 1990s. Using a political development methodology and a …
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Radio's digital dilemma: broadcasting in the 21st century
… Despite substantive evidence in the record clearly warning of HD Radio’s fundamental detriments, the dominant actors in the policy dialogue were able to quell these concerns by dint of their economic might and through intensive backstage discourse directly with the Federal Communications …
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HOW DO TEACHERS IN A MID-ATLANTIC SUBURBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT USE TECHNOLOGY TO INTERACTIVELY ENGAGE THEIR STUDENTS?
… SMART Board®, who would fall into Rogers (2003) adopter categories of innovator and early adopter. They also adopted at an appropriation level where they have successfully integrated a new technology into all daily activities (Whitehead, Jensen, & Boschee, 2003). The study found that the SMART …
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Anticipating futures during times of change : Empirical consumer research in corporate foresight
… with a lead user profile. Article III engages early adopter consumers in last-mile logistics innovation to evaluate and develop future-oriented service concepts. The use of consumer foresight information is examined in an applied corporate foresight context, as Article II was conducted in …
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“The Scientist is Wrong”: Joseph Fielding Smith, George McCready Price, and the Ascent of Creationist Thought among Latter-day Saints in the Twentieth Century
… so Smith recruited the authority of science. An early adopter of the arguments of Seventh-day Adventist George McCready Price, Smith contended that <em>true</em> science had to begin with scripture as its primary data point. These arguments took place during a time of transition for the concept …
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Understanding political and citizen participation on digital platforms for civic mobilization. Analysis of cyber-activism in Spain through Change.org
… In this sense, this study shows two clearly distinguished blocks: a theoretical corpus and an analytical corpus. It has considered proper to turn to the literature review qualitative technique in order to choose those studies that deal with political and civic participation, civic …
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Strengthening health systems through eHealth: two mixed-methods case studies at 10 facilities in Malawi
… the case and the three units of analysis being 3 Early Adopter Facilities, 4 Late Majority facilities and 2 Laggard facilities. This case study used a prospective design, with data being collected 7 months and 24 months after implementation of the eHealth system due to a mismatch between the …