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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"adoption of innovation"”.
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Strategic adoption of innovation--the case of reduced instruction set computer (RISC) technology
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1994.
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Adoption of Innovation: Impact of Rituximab (Rituxan®) Faster Infusion on Oncology Nurses' Perceptions, Practice, and Resource Utilization
<p>The translation of advances in clinical research into clinical practice in a manner that provides benefits while reducing potential harm is a challenge within the health care delivery system. Data from a phase III multicenter clinical trial led to the 2012 US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) …
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An analysis of the adoption of innovation and information-dissemination in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 created federal aid to education for innovational research. The dissemination of these innovations and their implementation is strongly influenced by the field of communications. The role of adoption in the innovational process is …
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The Effectiveness, Adoption and Application of New Service Development (NSD) Tools and Techniques
… investigate the usage pattern and effectiveness of NSD tools based on an integrative marketing and operations perspective. The findings suggest that NSD tools are still underutilized. The use of market tools improves operational performance. The second objective is to study the antecedents of the …
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Collaboration in scientific digital ecosystems: A socio-technical network analysis
… organizational (collaboration) and the effect of scientific digital ecosystems that connect several online community networks in a single platform. The formation, mechanism and processes of online networks that influence members output is limited and contradictory. The dissertation is comprised …
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Computational Design of Architected Lattices for Construction Applications
… or commercial construction industry because of the industry’s distinct system needs. This study identifies the pain points unique to the construction industry that have slowed or disabled the adoption of new practices, highlighting the importance of utilizing known materials, methods, and the …
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Effects of Innovation Towards Meeting Customer Satisfaction: The Case Study of CRDB Bank
… have necessitated the banks to invest in innovation in order to meet the diverse and changing needs of their customers. This research was carried out to establish the effects of innovation towards meeting customer satisfaction in CRDB bank. The researcher used questionnaires to collect …
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The sharing of wonderful ideas : influence and interaction in Online Communities of Creators
… new framework for understanding how communities of creators share work, influence one another's creative processes, and learn from one another. I introduce the concept of Online Communities of Creators (OCOCs), which are online communities where the core activity is sharing personal creations. …
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A Mixed Methods Study on CBAM and the Adoption of Thin Client Computers by Adolescents
Although stages of change and adoption of innovation dynamics have been examined for adult populations, comparable research for adolescents is limited. Applying a change instrument grounded in Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM) to an adolescent population, this study investigates perceptions of …
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Cognitive Playfulness, Innovativeness, and Belief of Essentialness: Characteristics of Educators who have the Ability to Make Enduring Changes in the Integration of Technology into the Classroom Environment.
Research on the adoption of innovation is largely limited to factors affecting immediate change with few studies focusing on enduring or lasting change. The purpose of the study was to examine the personality characteristics of cognitive playfulness, innovativeness, and essentialness beliefs in …
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Technologies, labour markets and workers: three essays on the consequences of technological change on labour
This thesis examines the consequences of technological change for employment, wages and the organization of work across labour markets and occupational groups. It combines a comparative cross-national perspective with case-study evidence from Germany in order to capture the labour market dynamics …
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Knowledge Based Approach to Support Innovation Processes in Small and Medium Sized Manufacturing Enterprises
Knowledge plays a key role in the management of innovation processes in the organisation. A large number of efforts have been made to support the innovation processes by academics and practitioners in the field of Innovation and Knowledge Management. As a result, there are several methods and …
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The Role of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the implementation of Rainwater Harvesting Technologies and Strategies (RwHTS)
Sustainable innovations are observed as a major way by which the ill-effects of the built environment can be avoided or offset. The adoption of innovations are critical to the society, as they pave the way for further incremental or radical innovations, depending on the feedback from their users. …
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The adoption of information and communication technologies by rural general practitioners: a socio technical analysis
… Linkage grant and sought to explain the process of adoption of information technologies by comparing two main theories that have been developed to explain adoption of innovations, that of innovation diffusion and that of actor network theory. In the process of analysis for this thesis I decided …
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A descriptive study of the process post-secondary military institutions use to adopt, implement and train for use of new instructional technologies
The purpose of this descriptive case study was to identify the strategies used by post-secondary military institutions to adopt, implement and train faculty for the use of new instructional technologies in the learning environment. Termed the Innovation Migration Process, it includes: 1) the …
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Utility of agricultural mobile apps among Indian rural farmers
Availability and accessibility of accurate and timely information are crucial in any field, including the knowledge-intensive agriculture sector. Yet this is very challenging in developing countries such as India. The problem of information deficiency is particularly pronounced in case of rural, …
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The views, adoption and use of e-books by undergraduate students at the University of Namibia
The advancement of Information Communication and Technology, especially the vast development of the Internet, which makes information more widely available to more people, has brought changes to the publishing industry. This technological development includes the introduction of electronic …
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Introducing a quality system into an adult education college
… education colleges is to be piloted in a college of adult education. A summarised description or tne system is provided with more detail provided at Annex (A). Research objectives are described and a number of issues are discussed around the theme of change. Finally, some assumptions implicit in …