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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"theory of innovation"”.
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An Economic Analysis of Self Service Meat Marketing: A Study of the Application of the Theory of Innovation to A Development in Marketing
… in DSpace on 2014-12-05T21:03:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 0002711.pdf: 13394863 bytes, checksum: a18b14da9b00a0ad572ec0a98ad2b969 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1951
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Measuring the perceived attributes of innovation: A study of capacitive switch technology in industrially designed user interface controls
<p>The purpose of this research was 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 …
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The political economy of technological innovation : a change in the debate
… is that domestic institutions determine national innovation rates. However, after decades of research, the empirical evidence for this relationship remains equivocal. There are simply many countries with "good" institutions that do not innovate at the technological frontier, and many countries …
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The impact of adoption and usage of Information and Communication Technologies(ICTs)in selected manufacturing and business firms in Zambia
This study was aimed at investigating the impact of adoption of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) on selected manufacturing and business firms in Zambia.This study was exploratory in nature, hence, a cross sectional approach was undertaken in the first half of 2015 to measure firms’ …
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The impact of adoption and usage of Information and Communication Technologies(ICTs)in selected manufacturing and business firms in Zambia
This study was aimed at investigating the impact of adoption of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) on selected manufacturing and business firms in Zambia.This study was exploratory in nature, hence, a cross sectional approach was undertaken in the first half of 2015 to measure firms’ …
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The Adoption and use of ICT's by SME's in the road passenger Operators at Intercity Bus Terminus
… was aimed at investigating the adoption and use of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) by Small-and-Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the road passenger transport sector in Lusaka, Zambia. The study was based on the following general objectives: 1. To determine the factors which …
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Agricultural research practice for environmental management and poverty reduction : the case of CIAT
… countries. It considers the extraordinary series of changes in food production that has come to be known as the 'Green Revolution', arguing that the(less than ideal) outcomes of these changes reflected the characteristics of a particular network of research institutions known as the CG System, as …
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Essays on technological change and innovation games
The objectives of this dissertation is to provide a theory of innovation and technological change incorporating the following aspects; (i) the impact of the existence of substitutes and complements on the innovation incentives in presence of technological externalities, in a Cournot Nash game …
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Exploring the benefits and challenges of embedded innovation : multiple cases from Jordanian mobile telecoms
This research offers a framework of embedded innovation systems (EIS) that helps understand the mechanisms, drivers, and challenges that encounter multinational mobile telecoms while developing and deploying their services based on this system. Using a case evidence, a purposive sample of …
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An Evaluation of the Communication Strategies Used By The COMESA Public Relations Unit To Disseminate Information About the Comesa Customs Union to Cross Border Traders in Selected Comesa Member States
The world has witnessed unprecedented formation of trading blocks, involving both developed and developing countries. One such trading block is the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) which has a membership of nineteen states. The trading blocks are said not only to enhance trade …
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An Evaluation of the Communication Strategies Used By The COMESA Public Relations Unit To Disseminate Information About the Comesa Customs Union to Cross Border Traders in Selected Comesa Member States
The world has witnessed unprecedented formation of trading blocks, involving both developed and developing countries. One such trading block is the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) which has a membership of nineteen states. The trading blocks are said not only to enhance trade …
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How Technology Diffuses through Construction User Culture: An Innovation Design to Improve Safety Technology Adoption
… has long been considered an important component of an innovation (Norman, 2002), evidenced by the fact that usability research has dominated innovation design efforts for a number of years. However, recent research has shown that satisfying usability is not sufficient for the successful diffusion …
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The nature of corporate entrepreneurship: theoretical and empirical insights
This thesis consists of three essays linked to each other by perspectives of entrepreneurship, openness, and innovation, through which I sought to give an answer to a specific research question. Starting from the premise that corporate entrepreneurship should be understood as a renewal process of …
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Řízení projektů pomocí specializovaných softwarů
… tématem řízení projektů pomocí specializovaných softwarů. Obsahuje zásady řízení projektů v obecné rovině i v rovině projektů ve výstavbě. Za tímto účelem se věnuje především aplikacím MS Project 2010 (univerzální), BUILDpower a CONTEC (výstavbové projekty). Práce nabízí i pohled na možnosti …