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Showing 1 to 20 of 54 for “"Innovation diffusion"”.
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Integrating complexity in innovation diffusion processes
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Adoption of the Internet in local sporting bodies : an innovation diffusion approach
The primary aim of this study was to determine the Internet applications being adopted within local sporting clubs and to determine the adoption factors that affect both local sporting clubs and their members. Within this primary aim, the study examined, *The areas where Internet applications are …
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Information flow and innovation diffusion in the East Sepik district, Papua New Guinea
This study is concerned with the diffusion and adoption of innovations in the Dreikikir Local Government Council Area, in the East Sepik District of Papua New Guinea. Two major hypotheses are examined; first that information movement is closely associated with the patterns of innovation diffusion …
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Information flow and innovation diffusion in the East Sepik district, Papua New Guinea
This study is concerned with the diffusion and adoption of innovations in the Dreikikir Local Government Council Area, in the East Sepik District of Papua New Guinea. Two major hypotheses are examined; first that information movement is closely associated with the patterns of innovation diffusion …
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Innovation diffusion within the supply chain : a study of Chinese apparel firms in Shenzhen
… erode, companies will very much depend on innovations to build up competitive advantages and carry out a holistic, fully integrated approach to their supply chain designs. By doing so, the management sectors of supply chain integration can replace conventional, functional, silo-limited …
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Innovation Adoption: Adopting change management techniques to positively impact new product diffusion
Several decades of innovation diffusion research has utilized varying lenses – from forecasting innovation diffusion to controllable variables such as cost, quality, and marketing. Yet with so much research into the affecting factors, innovation adoption continues to fail at an alarmingly high …
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Relationship of Self-Efficacy to the Stages of Concern in the Adoption of an Innovation in Higher Education
… the missing underlying psychological factor in innovation diffusion models of higher education. This is based upon research conducted in the fields of innovation-diffusion in higher education, technology adoption, self-efficacy, health and behavioral change. It was theorized that if …
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Measuring the perceived attributes of innovation: A study of capacitive switch technology in industrially designed user interface controls
… to test the applicability of Rogers’ theory of innovation diffusion as it relates to measuring the perceived attributes of innovations of capacitive switch technology in user interface controls. This study used a Likert scale to collect data on the following perceived attributes of innovation …
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The role of information technology in disseminating innovations in agribusiness: a comparative study of Australia and Sri Lanka
… about the role of IT as a tool for diffusing innovations in the agricultural sector. This thesis addresses the reality of such a role in Australia and Sri Lanka. Following the broader innovation literature, an innovations systems approach is used, and the key aspects of diffusion stressed are …
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Essays on the dynamics of alternative fuel vehicle adoption : insights from the market for hybrid-electric vehicles in the United States
… evidence of supply constraints influencing the diffusion process. The innovation diffusion literature says relatively little about supply constraints, representing diffusion as a fundamentally demand-side process. Here I develop a model of innovation diffusion that incorporates production …
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Effective even when neglected: Farmer groups and the diffusion of agroforestry innovations in rural communities of Eastern Africa
… of development-oriented farmer groups to the diffusion of innovations in rural communities of Kenya and Ethiopia, to identify the key factors that determine the effectiveness of diffusion, and to derive recommendations that aim at better utilizing the potential of groups for rural extension …
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Factors Affecting the Adoption of Home Heating Energy Conservation Measures: A Behavioral Approach
… geography through studies on natural hazards and innovation diffusion, and borrowing from psychological theories of attitude formation and decision making. In particular, six factors (information, environmental personality, socio-economic and demographic factors, dwelling unit characteristics, …
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How Organizational Experiments Influence Organizational Learning
… were developed based on the knowledge transfer, innovation diffusion, and organizational learning literature, and which were bracketed before data analysis to allow findings to emerge from the data. The findings advance existing organizational learning, innovation diffusion, and knowledge …
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Uncovering and avoiding failure modes in driveline and tire/wheel NVH using a computational meta-model
… appropriate countermeasures.Using insights from innovation diffusion theory, the process and tool were deployed systematically to NVH community, with user insights used to adapt and improve the process and tools. Based on this work, a strategy is introduced for the development and adoption of a …
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"USA Today", its imitators, and its critics: An ethical and organizational analysis
… to several ethical concerns over USA Today's innovation in form and content of news. The paper: (1) emphasizes form over function, (2) takes brevity and shallowness to extremes, (3) contains too much trivia and fluff, not enough substance, and (4) is too optimistic and amusing. These points …
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Theatre Attendance: Media and Interpersonal Communication in Persuasion
… Two-Step Flow of Communication (1964), Roger’s Innovation Diffusion (1995), and McCombs and Shaw’s Agenda-Setting Function of Mass Media (1972). These theories describe opinion sharer’s dissemination of information among groups of people. A quantitative study examined four hypotheses and one …
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The role of trust as a mediator in the relationship between technology factors and intention to accept internet banking in Nigeria
… The decomposed theory of planned behaviour, innovation diffusion theory and trustworthiness technology were adopted. The aforementioned adopted models suggested five main factors namely; perceived behaviour control, attitude, subjective norm, trust and intention to accept internet banking. …
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Planning and Implementing Online Instruction: Faculty Perceptions of One University
… members were interviewed using the frameworks of Innovation Diffusion Theory (Rogers, 2003) and the theory of self-efficacy (Bandura, 1986). The findings showed flexibility and convenience were the primary motivators for teaching online, as well as, the ability to reach a wide range of diverse …
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