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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"User Adoption"”.
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Modeling the dynamics of user adoption and abandonment for a single product
… equation model to study the dynamics of user adoption and abandonment for a single product. The model integrates two forms of abandonment: infectious, driven by user interactions, and non-infectious, prompted by external influences. Notably, the infectious abandonment coefficient varies …
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Determinants of user adoption of egovernment services: the case of Greek local government
… models exist on new technology and eGovernment adoption and explain the phenomenon. eGovernment acceptance though depends on various factors that differentiate among different groups, particularly regarding expectations, cultural variations, the level of use and interaction, commitment to the …
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Towards a model for ERP user adoption in SMMEs an emerging economy analysis
Small, micro and medium-sized enterprises (SMMEs) are the breeding ground for entrepreneurs, the future of emerging economies and the driving force in the global economy. A successful SMME sector holds numerous benefits for an emerging economy such as South Africa. Due to the large growth in SMMEs …
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Understanding scalability in distributed ledger technology
… DLT systems need to be scalable to handle mass user adoption. Mass user adoption is required to demonstrate the true value of DLT. This dissertation first analyses scalability in ethereum and EOS. Currently, ethereum 1.0 uses proof of work (PoW) and handles only 14 transactions per second (tps) …
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Data-Driven Decisions: Business Intelligence (BI) Training Skills
… Never before has so much data been available for users to leverage to make a decision. Data-driven metrics can help teams make informed decisions and provide a competitive advantage. When it comes to using data to answer business questions and make a data-driven decision, technology is only one …
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Design of a low-cost autoclave for adoption in rural health posts of the developing world
… design process to address needs for sustained user adoption as well as manufacturability and scalability. Twelve partnering clinics in Nepal trialed these autoclaves from July until December 2012. Usage statistics from this period and follow-up observations highlight important factors for …
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A conceptual design and assessment of a low-cost augmented reality headset
… resulting in slow market penetration and user adoption. In this paper, a conceptual design of a low-cost AR device will be proposed along with extensive market analysis and in-depth user research. The goal is to significantly univeil the actual user needs and lower the technical barriers …
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An evaluation of the attitudes of public library staff to the use of information and communication technologies
… inform implementation strategies and improve user adoption of new technologies.
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A framework for understanding the adoption and impact of socially focused business practices
… One challenge is that they often struggle with user adoption, and as a result, there is insufficient usage to demonstrate improvement or impact. Another challenge is that there is no existing basis upon which the organization can compare performance with and without social technology.
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The impact of the TV white space unlicensed spectrum on the wireless industry competition
… conditions on the relationship between network user adoption, coverage, and service price, to model the evolution of the industry. The model has been calibrated with real data from telecom equipment market prices. Subscriber and coverage information from the main US mobile markets are used as …
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A blockchain-based land titles registry in Namibia
… integration, infrastructure challenges, user adoption strategies, and interoperability issues. These critical areas of research will help understand blockchain's transformative potential for revolutionizing land administration systems
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The evolution of mobile industry : modular to integral
… the marketplace, which factors ensure greater user adoption is essential to building attractive services. Despite innovation in network technology and billions of dollars invested in evolving into newer generations of technology, providing high capacity, low latency and high availability, the …
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A knowledge management framework to support the automotive systems engineering lifecycle
… a prototype collaborative ICT support tool and user navigation guide are developed as an implementation of the KM framework and the proposition is then evaluated with industrial practitioners to assess the likelihood of user adoption.
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Developing a Framework for User Acceptance of Biometric Authentication in Electronic Payment Systems in the Thulamela Local Municipality
The adoption of e-payment systems has revolutionised financial transactions, offering convenience, efficiency, and accessibility. However, concerns over fraud and security have necessitated the implementation of advanced authentication techniques, with biometric authentication emerging as a …
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Managing resistance to information system (IS) change at the pre-implementation stage from the senior management perspective : a case of a commercial bank in Vietnam
User resistance to information system (IS) change is an important issue in the IS literature. However, despite a large body of user adoption literature, there is far less literature addressing user resistance to IS change, especially in organisational contexts. Moreover, there are still left a …
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A systems analysis and technology roadmap for fall mitigation systems for the elderly
… to prevent the long-lie. Current FMS have poor user adoption and are not as effective in preventing the long-lie. This thesis uses a systems approach to analyze architectures for a fall mitigation system architecture that can detect falls, reduce injury and issue emergency alerts to reliably …
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Development and use of an integrated systems model to design technology strategies for energy services in rural developing communities
… of a technology strategy include the rate of user adoption, value of time, and biomass harvest renewability; in contrast, parameters such as cookstove emission factors may have less impact on the outcome. This suggests that the focus of village energy research and development should shift to …
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Analysis of on-premise to cloud computing migration strategies for enterprises
… to pave the path towards Cloud computing adoption by enterprises. As organizations get on to the Cloud computing bandwagon they are looking at their current IT setup and looking at the best way they can take advantage of what Cloud has to offer. For a given enterprises, getting on to Cloud …
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Platform policy and its effect on diffusion : the case study of Android and iOS
… diffusion of each platform. To illustrate, the adoption rates of new operating systems are different: Android has adopted open policy, so it enjoyed relatively fast growth, but lags the adoption rate of new version's installed base far behind that of iOS. Meanwhile, iOS has adopted proprietary …
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Using Rigid and Soft Grippers for Assistive Robotic Tasks
… robots serve as a proxy for the human's arm: the user inputs the food they want to eat, and the robot autonomously picks up that food and brings it to the user's mouth. Unfortunately, end user adoption of robot-assisted feeding is limited, in part because existing devices are unable to seamlessly …
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