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Wood, William J. "Exploring Firm-Level Cloud Adoption and Diffusion." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7776.
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Cloud computing innovation adoption literature has primarily focused on individuals, small businesses, and nonprofit organizations. The functional linkage between cloud adoption and diffusion is instrumental toward understanding enterprise firm-level adoption. The purpose of this qualitative collective case study was to explore strategies used by information technology (IT) executives to make advantageous enterprise cloud adoption and diffusion decisions. This study was guided by an integrated diffusion of innovation and technology, organization, and environment conceptual framework to capture and model this complex, multifaceted problem. The study’s population consisted of IT executives with cloud-centric roles in 3 large (revenues greater than $5 billion) telecom-related companies with a headquarters in the United States. Data collection included semistructured, individual interviews (n = 19) and the analysis of publicly available financial documents (n = 50) and organizational technical documents (n = 41). Data triangulation and interviewee member checking were used to increase study findings validity. Inter- and intracase analyses, using open and axial coding as well as constant comparative methods, were leveraged to identify 5 key themes namely top management support, information source bias, organizational change management, governance at scale, and service selection. An implication of this study for positive social change is that IT telecom executives might be able to optimize diffusion decisions to benefit downstream consumers in need of services.
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CHINNAPANDIAN, ANAND, and MOHAMMAD BABAEI. "Innovation analysis of the adoption of BIM using Innovation theories." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-279731.
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When compared to other industries, the construction industry has been slow to adopt digital technologies. BIM stands for Building Information Modeling (hereon referred to as BIM) and it represents a turning point when it comes to digitalization in the AEC sector. Despite BIM’s proven potential to reduce costs and improve the efficiency of construction projects, widescale adoption, and implementation of construction projects using BIM hasn’t happened yet. This research aims to conduct an innovation analysis of adoption of BIM in Europe using innovation theories such as Rogers’s diffusion theory and Crossing the Chasm by Moore. We hope the reader will have an understanding of the various adoption barriers for BIM in Europe after reading this research paper.Jämfört med andra branscher har byggbranschen varit långsam med att använda digital teknik. BIM står för Building Information Modeling (nedan kallad BIM) och representerar en vändpunkt när det gäller digitalisering inom AEC-sektorn. Trots BIM: s beprövade potential att minska kostnaderna och förbättra effektiviteten i byggprojekt, har vidsträckt antagande och genomförande av byggprojekt med BIM ännu inte hänt. Denna forskning syftar till att göra en innovationsanalys av antagandet av BIM i Europa med hjälp av innovationsteorier som Rogers diffusionsteori och Crossing the Chasm av Moore. Vi hoppas att läsaren kommer att ha en förståelse för de olika adoptionsbarriärerna för BIM i Europa efter att ha läst detta forskningsdokument.
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Dakup, Karan. "The adoption of eco-innovations : a study of SMEs in the Scottish food and drink sector." Thesis, Robert Gordon University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10059/3112.
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The increasing government and consumer interest in, and growing concerns about environmental issues have pressured businesses to adopt eco-innovative measures and activities. These pressures have been felt particularly by the food and drink sector in Scotland, a sector that is of considerable importance to the Scottish economy. To date, few studies have considered the challenges businesses in this sector face with regard to the adoption of eco-innovations. In particular, there has been little research on the challenges faced by the SMEs in the sector and how they are adopting eco-innovations. This study seeks to address this research gap through utilization of the diffusion of innovation theory to explore the adoption of eco-innovations by the Scottish food and drink SMEs. A qualitative survey of the website of 52 businesses was used to collect data and analysed using content analysis to generate five categories of eco-innovations namely; Waste, Energy, GSCM, Carbon and Embedding. This data collected informed the next phase of the research where in-depth interviews was conducted with 18 businesses to understand their eco-innovation adoption processes. The findings revealed two groups of attitudes among the participants namely; the positive and the sceptics. The main motivators to adoption were found to be; moral principles and beliefs, eco-consumer drive, cost saving, legislation and the creation of jobs and new opportunities. The major barriers to eco-innovation were more profound and found to include; non-recyclable waste, non-compliance by suppliers, cost of adoption, lack of interest, the challenge of finding credible and reliable sources, attitudes and behaviours, and a general lack of education and awareness. Using the categorisation of eco-innovations that emerged from the website data analysis, the research developed a scale of greenness reflecting the adoption of eco-innovation along with a classification of adopter types namely; advanced, intermediate and basic adopters. The thesis contributes to the theory of diffusion by illustrating ways to capture and evidence innovation adoption without dependency on the time element and enabled a classification of eco- innovation adopters. The contribution to methodology is viewed from the application of a qualitative approach that enabled the categorisation of the forms of eco-innovation which resulted in the model depicting eco-innovation adoption and the profiling tool for innovation diffusion. Practical contributions are offered to enable businesses to understand their adoption of eco-innovation through the use of the model, adopter type classification and the application of a best practice guide to facilitate adoption. Recommendations for policy, practice and further areas for research are also proposed within the thesis.
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Mukabi, Collins, and Nguyen Long Vu. "Cryptocurrency as a Payment Method in the Retail Industry : An application of Diffusion of Innovation Theory (DOI) on the characteristics of Bitcoin: the case of Bitrefill." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-46892.
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Background: The convergence of payment behaviours can contribute to the diffusion of new payment technologies and thus economic performance. There is evidence that the electrification of the retail payment system promotes the performance of the banking sector and economic growth. The retail payment market is a prime example of a two-sided market where new payment instruments need to reach a critical mass of users to become viable and grow further (Martikainen, Schmiedel & Takalo, 2015). Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse Bitcoin, as a payment method, and review the models already used to shed more light on its further potential adoption by retailers. We apply the DOI theory and review the TAM model to determine the underlying characteristics of Bitcoin that will enable further adoption or rejection among retailers. Method: We conduct a case study on Bitrefill AB which offers a rich method for investigating and researching. With the process of interpretation in context, we make inference from the case of Bitrefill in connecting with events and experiences of other retailers (Expedia, Alibaba, Overstock and CheapAir). Conclusion: According to the results, the adoption of Bitcoin relies heavily on positive relative advantages to other payment methods, compatibility and simplicity of its use while negative characteristics that pull it back from being adopted include the complexities in understanding the technology behind it, damaging outcomes varying from the expected.
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Jansson, Johan. "Car(ing) for our environment? : Consumer eco-innovation adoption and curtailment behaviors: The case of the alternative fuel vehicle." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet (USBE), 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-29752.
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Determinants influencing consumer eco-innovation adoption and green curtailment behaviors in a travel context are at the center of this thesis. Previous research on green consumer behavior has uncovered that internalized personal attitudinal factors such as values, beliefs, and norms are influential in determining mainly non-consumption and post-purchase behaviors. This thesis extends the understanding of a moral basis of green consumer behavior by exploring the influences of attitudinal factors on both car curtailment behaviors, and on consumer adoption of a high involvement eco-innovation – the alternative fuel vehicle. The integrated influences of innovation specific characteristics, car habits, knowledge and social norms, are also examined. Furthermore, differences between AFV adopters and non-adopters are explored, and the notion of consumers performing purchase and curtailment behaviors for different reasons is utilized in the development of nuanced profiles of three distinct consumer groups. Four studies, which build on two quantitative data collections on adopters and non-adopters of AFVs in Sweden, are included in this thesis. In the first study, similarities and differences among adopters and non-adopters of AFVs, and the effects of attitudinal factors (values, beliefs, and norms), knowledge, and sociodemographics on the adoption decision are analyzed. The results show that knowledge and personal norms are strong predictors of AFV adoption and that the VBN theory is applicable in this context. The main implication from the study is that high-involvement green purchase decisions, such as eco-innovation adoption, can be viewed as morally based. In the second study, a set of determinants influencing both curtailment of car use and willingness to adopt a less environmentally harmful vehicle are analyzed. Biospheric values, personal proenvironmental norms, and car habit strength are found to influence both types of behaviors in different ways. The main implication from this study is that green purchase decisions and curtailment behaviors within a specific context are determined by partly different factors but personal norm is a strong predictor of both types of behaviors. The third study extends the findings from the previous one in segmenting consumers on curtailment behaviors and proenvironmental purchases. Three distinct types of consumers emerge from the data. The Non-greens are found to exhibit the lowest levels of green attitudes and behaviors, and the strongest car habits. The Curtailers are distinguished by performing primarily reductionist behaviors, and by being the most willing to reduce negative environmental impact of car use. The Ecovators are found to be the most inclined to purchase eco-innovations and also display the greenest values. The study shows that green consumers are a heterogeneous group that can be separated on the basis of green curtailment behaviors and proenvironmental purchase decisions, and that there seems to be no inherent contradiction in being an early adopter of new green technology (such as the AFV) and also having high levels of proenvironmental values, beliefs, and norms. In the final study, innovation specific characteristics and consumer innovativeness factors are integrated with normative and attitudinal determinants influencing AFV adoption. The results show that personal and social norms, consumer novelty seeking, and four perceived innovation characteristics influence the adoption decision. Differences between AFV adopters’ and non-adopters’ ratings of AFV specific attributes are also analyzed. The contribution of this study is the integration of VBN theory and the DOI framework and the empirical conclusion that eco-innovations need to deliver on both traditional and proenvironmental attributes in order to be perceived as attractive by consumers. In sum, this thesis demonstrates the importance of proenvironmental personal norms for consumer adoption of a high involvement eco-innovation such as the AFV.
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Yearous, Sharon Kay Guthrie. "School nursing documentation: knowledge, attitude, and barriers to using standardized nursing languages and current practices." Diss., University of Iowa, 2011. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/3411.
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The independent, complex role of a school nurse requires accurate documentation of assessments, interventions, and outcomes. Consistent documentation by all school nurses is crucial to study the impact of nursing interventions on children's health and success in school. While standardized nursing languages are available, the actual use of these languages is in the infancy stages of implementation. This national survey of school nurses reveals diverse practices in school nursing documentation. Using Everett Rogers' (2003) Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) theory, a web-based survey allowed respondents to identify their knowledge and attitude towards the use of standardized languages, including NANDA International (NANDA-I), Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC), and Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC). Respondents also rated barriers to adopting the use of NANDA-I, NIC, and NOC (NNN). The results of this survey serve as a foundation for moving the practice of school nursing towards consistent documentation. Ultimately, the implementation of NNN will allow school nurses to document more consistently, base practice decisions on evidence, and improve the health and academic success of children in schools.
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Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw. "An Examination of the Adoption of Preservation Metadata in Cultural Heritage Institutions: An Exploratory Study Using Diffusion of Innovations Theory." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2009. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9937/.
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Digital preservation is a significant challenge for cultural heritage institutions and other repositories of digital information resources. Recognizing the critical role of metadata in any successful digital preservation strategy, the Preservation Metadata Implementation Strategies (PREMIS) has been extremely influential on providing a "core" set of preservation metadata elements that support the digital preservation process. However, there is no evidence, in the form of previous research, as to what factors explain and predict the level of adoption of PREMIS. This research focused on identifying factors that affect the adoption of PREMIS in cultural heritage institutions. This study employed a web-based survey to collect data from 123 participants in 20 country as well as a semi-structured, follow-up telephone interview with a smaller sample of the survey respondents. Roger's diffusion of innovation theory was used as a theoretical framework. The main constructs considered for the study were relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, observability, and institution readiness. The study yielded both qualitative and quantitative data, and analysis showed that all six factors influence the adoption of PREMIS in varying degrees. Results of a regression analysis of adoption level on the six factors showed a statistically significant relationship. The R2 value for the model was .528, which means that 52.8% of the variance in PREMIS adoption was explained by a combination of the six factors. Considering the complexity of issue, this study has important implications for future research on preservation metadata and provides recommendations for researchers and stakeholders engaged in metadata standards development efforts.
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Savoury, Ronville D. "Influential Determinants of Internet of Things Adoption in the U.S. Manufacturing Sector." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7076.
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Manufacturers have been hesitant to adopt Internet of things (IoT) due to a lack of understanding about the innovate characteristics, technology, organizational and environmental factors related to IoT adoption and how their organizations can apply IoT correctly. This quantitative, correlational study used a combination of diffusion of innovation theory and technology–organization–environment framework as the foundation to examine if a relationship exists between relative advantage, complexity, compatibility, technology readiness, top management support, firm size, competitive pressure, and regulatory support and IT leaders' intent to adopt IoT in U.S. manufacturing organizations. A sample of 168 information technology (IT) leaders from the U.S. manufacturing sectors was used. Multiple regression analysis indicated significant relationships between the intent to adopt IoT by IT leaders of manufacturing organizations and only 3 of the 8 independent variables: technology readiness, top management support, and competitive pressure. The model was able to predict approximately 44% of the variation of IT leaders' intent to adopt IoT. The results of this study might help IT leaders in the U.S. manufacturing sectors understand the factors that influence IoT adoption. The findings from this study might contribute to positive social change by contributing to economic growth that results from increased efficiency gained from the adoption of IoT in key business areas.
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El, Fakir de La Laurencie Aouatif. "Une analyse critique de l’usage de la R&D dans les processus de développement : Marchés, institutions et espaces d’apprentissage interactif." Paris 9, 2008. https://portail.bu.dauphine.fr/fileviewer/index.php?doc=2008PA090003.
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Cette thèse cherche à répondre à la question suivante : Quand et Comment la recherche & développement devient-elle stratégique pour la compétitivité, la croissance et le développement des pays moins avancés ? Pour répondre à cette question, elle articule son cadre analytique autour des concepts d’espaces d’apprentissage interactif, de capacités technologiques et de Co-évolution de technologies, institutions et organisations. Cette thèse propose un modèle théorique du rattrapage technologique basé sur les espaces d’apprentissage interactif et sur l’impact du cadre institutionnel et de l’environnement sur l’acquisition des capacités technologiques. En utilisant la méthode des études de cas, cette thèse cherche à analyser les opportunités et les pressions qui poussent les pays en développement à améliorer leurs capacités technologiques d’une part. Elle cherche à comprendre les processus d’apprentissage interactif qui conduit à cette amélioration d’autre part. Elle se poursuit par l’examen des perspectives de rattrapage pour un pays en développement qui est le Maroc dans l’économie de la connaissance. Elle explicite les opportunités et les pressions dans ce nouveau contexte et les capacités technologiques nécessaires pour en tirer profit. Enfin, cette thèse s’achève par des recommandations en termes de politiques publiques pour les pays en développement ainsi que par une discussion des recherches à mener pour mieux cerner la nature et le rôle des espaces d’apprentissage interactif dans les processus de rattrapage technologiquesThis thesis tries to answer to the following question: When and how R&D becomes crucial for the competitiveness, growth and development in developing countries? To answer this question, the analytical framework is centred on 3 concepts: interactive learning spaces, technological capabilities and Co-evolution of technology, institutions and organisations. This thesis proposes a theoretical model of technological catching-up based on interactive learning spaces and on impact of institutional framework and environment to explain the acquisition of technological capabilities. On the one hand, by using case studies, this thesis tries to analyse opportunities and pressures that push developing countries to improve their technological capabilities. On the other hand, its tries to enlighten interactive learning process that make this improvement possible. This thesis continues by an analysis of catching-up prospects for a developing country, which is Morocco within the knowledge economy. Its makes explicit opportunities and pressures in this new context and technological capabilities that Morocco must have to take advantage of the later. In the end, the thesis discusses recommendations in terms of public policies in developing countries as well as later research to achieve in order to define the nature and the role of interactive learning spaces better
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Brodén, Fredrik, and Alen Karamehmedovic. "VOD-tjänster : Faktorer för en ökad diffusion och användaracceptans." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för informatik (IK), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-26950.
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I den här uppsatsen har faktorer för en ökad användaracceptans och diffusion av Video on demand(VOD)-tjänster identifierats med hjälp av en litteraturgenomgång av tidigare studier i acceptans och diffusion. Litteraturgenomgången ligger till grund för en lista av faktorer som gör en konsument mer villig att anamma en VOD-tjänst. Faktorerna har sedan utvärderas genom en kvantitativ undersökning med hjälp av en webbenkät. Resultatet blev i stor grad det som förväntat där det framgår att utbud och kostnad är de viktigaste faktorerna för en hög acceptans, men även andra faktorer kan spela in som användarvänlighet, kvalitet och sociala faktorer.This paper has identified factors for increased user acceptance and diffusion of Video on Demand(VOD) services through a literature review of previous studies. The literature review was used to make a list of factors that make a consumer more willing to use a VOD service. The factors are then evaluated through a quantitative study using an online questionnaire. The result was to a large degree what was expected, which shows that content and cost are the main factors for a high acceptance, but other factors may play in as well such as ease-of-use, quality, and social factors.
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Reif, Xavier. "Croissance et diffusion internationale de l'innovation : le cas de l'Asie en développement rapide." Paris 9, 2002. https://portail.bu.dauphine.fr/fileviewer/index.php?doc=2002PA090044.
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Zerzeri, Fériel. "Diffusion de l'internet et transformation de l'industrie bancaire européenne : la "commoditization"." Paris 9, 2004. https://portail.bu.dauphine.fr/fileviewer/index.php?doc=2004PA090059.
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La déréglementation du marché bancaire associée à une propagation rapide et massive des nouvelles technologies de l'information a transformé l'industrie bancaire poussant à la fois les banques en place aussi bien que les nouveaux entrants à se faire concurrence suivant de nouveaux critères, de nouvelles stratégies. Internet semble favoriser la mise en place d'un important processus de " commoditization ". Ce travail de recherche consiste en une analyse des effets de la diffusion de l'Internet sur l'évolution des structures, des comportements et de l'organisation de l'industrie bancaire. La première partie de la thèse présente le premier facteur conduisant cette diffusion, le développement d'une nouvelle innovation financière dite la " banque Internet ". Cette première partie étudie le contexte mais aussi l'impact et les limites de cette innovation. La deuxième partie de la thèse examine les effets du deuxième facteur, les " shopbots ", sur l'évolution de l'offre et de la demande bancaire. L'analyse des effets d'une utilisation fréquente des " shopbots " (par les Internautes) sur les possibilités de développement d'un processus de " commoditization " de cette industrie est au centre de notre problématique. Cette analyse empirique étudie la réaction des acteurs bancaires européens à travers un examen des stratégies bancaires d'appropriation et de protection des rentes. Ces transformations sont au cœur des problématiques d'économie industrielle, elles sont le résultat d'une importante diffusion technologique dans un marché déréglementé.
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Ransbotham, Samuel B. III. "Acquisition and diffusion of technology innovation." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28094.
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In the first essay, I examine value created through external acquisition of nascent technology innovation. External acquisition of new technology is a growing trend in the innovation process, particularly in high technology industries, as firms complement internal efforts with aggressive acquisition programs. Yet, despite its importance, there is little empirical research on the timing of acquisition decisions in high technology environments. I examine the impact of target age on value created for the buyer. Applying an event study methodology to technology acquisitions in the telecommunications industry from 1995 to 2001, empirical evidence supports acquiring early in the face of uncertainty. The equity markets reward the acquisition of younger companies.
In sharp contrast to the first essay, the second essay examines the diffusion of negative innovations. While destruction can be creative, certainly not all destruction is creative. Some is just destruction. I examine two fundamentally different paths to information security compromise an opportunistic path and a deliberate path. Through a grounded approach using interviews, observations, and secondary data, I advance a model of the information security compromise process. Using one year of alert data from intrusion detection devices, empirical analysis provides evidence that these paths follow two distinct, but interrelated diffusion patterns. Although distinct, I find empirical evidence that these paths both converge and escalate. Beyond the specific findings in the Internet security context, the study leads to a richer understanding of the diffusion of negative technological innovation.
In the third essay, I build on the second essay by examining the effectiveness of reward-based mechanisms in restricting the diffusion of negative innovations. Concerns have been raised that reward-based private infomediaries introduce information leakage which decreases social welfare. Using two years of alert data, I find evidence of their effectiveness despite any leakage which may be occurring. While reward-based disclosures are just as likely to be exploited as non-reward-baed disclosures, exploits from reward-based disclosures are less likely to occur in the first week after disclosure. Further the overall volume of alerts is reduced. This research helps determine the effectiveness of reward mechanisms and provides guidance for security policy makers.
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Xu, Huaidong. "Forecasting innovation diffusion : a modeling approach." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23413.
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Kandler, Anne, and James Steele. "Innovation diffusion in time and space." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2015. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-188644.
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In this paper we consider the spread of modern technological innovations. We contrast social learning and threshold heterogeneity models of innovation diffusion, and show how the typical temporal evolution of the distribution of adopters may be consistent with either explanation. Noting the likelihood that each model contains some useful independent explanatory power, we introduce a combined model. We also consider a spatially-structured population in which the spread of an innovation by social influence is modelled as a reaction-diffusion system, and show that the typical spatiotemporal evolution of the distribution is also consistent with a heterogeneity explanation. Additional contextual information is required to estimate the relative importance of social learning and of economic inequalities in observed adoption lags.
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Ransbotham, III Samuel B. "Acquisition and diffusion of technology innovation." Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28094.
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Thesis (M. S.)--Management, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008.Committee Chair: Sabyasachi Mitra; Committee Member: Frank Rothaermel; Committee Member: Sandra Slaughter; Committee Member: Sridhar Narasimhan; Committee Member: Vivek Ghosal.
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Shi, Xiaohui. "Organisational innovativeness and diffusion of innovation." Thesis, University of York, 2011. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2245/.
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In the existing literature, studies of innovativeness usually focus on individual characteristics with little concern for aggregated behaviour; the central role of innovativeness, opinion leadership, and geographic location have not been fully reflected in diffusion models; most diffusion models either make simplified as-sumptions to model aggregated trends or concern individual behaviours exces-sively as being ‘toy models’; understandings of the diffusion forces bifurcate into explanations on social contagion effect and self-conformity effect and few diffu-sion models have tried to combine these two streams of thinking. In order to contribute knowledge to these fields, this study seeks to model the diffusion process from an agent-based perspective, with a specific focus on the effects of organisational innovativeness, opinion leadership, and geographic location. The proposed model is a focusing tool that helps interpret and organise the empirical observation. In turn, the model’s results could raise further questions for empiri-cal exploration. The result from the model simulation echoes a number of existing works on in-novation strategies with further quantitative implications for both industry policy makers and managers in organisations. It is found that the statistical distributions of organisational innovativeness and opinion leadership are both important fac-tors in diffusion; the level of information flow between organisations with differ-ent innovativeness levels influences the diffusion process significantly; to cluster organisations in one area changes the interactions between them and increases the diffusion rate, even when the average interaction level of the system is con-trolled. The model also indicates that organisations’ self-effort is the only way for being innovators; that factors that are related to interactions with others are more important for laying in the majority category; and that laggards normally adopt innovations by ‘luck’.
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Dhongde, Sharvey. "Technology and innovation diffusion : a workers' perspective." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape2/PQDD_0032/MQ64108.pdf.
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Cao, Yiying. "Innovation diffusion of agricultural biotechnology in China." Thesis, University of Northampton, 2009. http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/4958/.
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Mangematin, Vincent. "Recherche coopérative et stratégie de normalisation." Paris 9, 1993. https://portail.bu.dauphine.fr/fileviewer/index.php?doc=1993PA090002.
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Trois enseignements peuvent être tirés de ce travail : 1) les caractéristiques des objets techniques dépendent de la manière dont ils ont été conçus et développés. A technologie équivalente, un produit issu d'une recherche coopérative et un produit issu d'une recherche menée par une entreprise isolée seront différents. 2) la nature et l'intensité de la compétition sont influencées par les caractéristiques des objets techniques. Les technologies de l'information et de la communication, en particulier sont soumises à des rendements croissants d'adoption qu'il est nécessaire de gérer notamment en choisissant les premiers usagers idoines. 3) la gestion stratégique de la technologie implique une description précise des objets techniques en compétition. La constitution d'un répertoire de description de la technique constitue une première étape qui permet de choisir le degré de compatibilité et de substituabilité des technologies en compétition. Les entreprises peuvent alors concevoir et mener des stratégies de qualification des produits et de positionnement des objets techniques dans des espaces de compétition qui leur sont favorablesThree major results can be drawn from this research : 1) the characteristics of technical objects depend of the mode by which they were designed and developed. Technology designed by a consortium will be different to equivalent technology designed by the firm alone. 2) The nature and the intensity of the competition are influenced by the characteristics of technical objects. Information and communication technologies in particular are subjected to increasing returns to adoption. It is necessary to manage the latter, in particular by choosing the right first users. 3) Strategic management of technology implies a precise description of technologies in competition. The research has led to the constitution of such a repertoire. Thanks to this description, the manager can determine the level of compatibility and substitutability of his technology. Enterprises can influence the qualification of there products and thereby influence the competition by competing in a field in which they have a strategic advantage
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Tran, Martino. "Modelling innovation diffusion in complex energy-transport systems." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2012. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:30ab651b-7c5a-4a4b-a905-6d86b5507042.
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Global sustainable energy and environmental policies have increased the need to understand how new energy innovations diffuse into the market. The transport sector is currently a major source of unsustainable energy use contributing ~20-25% global CO2 emissions. Although the potential benefits of alternative fuel vehicle (AFV) technologies to reduce CO2 emissions and fossil fuel dependency have been demonstrated, many uncertainties exist in their market diffusion. It is also not well understood how policy can influence rapid diffusion of AFVs. To transition to a more sustainable energy-transport system, we need to understand the market conditions and factors necessary for triggering widespread adoption of new energy innovations such as AFVs. Modelling the diffusion of innovations is one way to explain why some ideas and technologies spread through society successfully, while others do not. These diffusion processes are characterized by non-linear interactions between heterogeneous agents in complex networked systems. Diffusion theory has typically been applied to consumer durable goods but has found less application to new energy and environmental innovations. There is much scope for advanced diffusion methods to inform energy policy. This depends upon understanding how consumer behaviour and technologies interact and can influence each other over time. There is also need to understand the underlying mechanisms that influence adoption behaviour among heterogeneous agents. This thesis tackles the above issues using a combination of empirical data analysis, scenarios, and simulation modelling as follows: 1) We first develop the empirical basis for assessing innovation diffusion from a technology-behavioural perspective, where we explicitly account for interactions between consumer preferences and technological performance across different spatial and temporal scales; 2) Scenarios are then used to disaggregate consumer markets and analyze the technological and behavioural factors that might trigger large-scale adoption of AFVs; 3) We then case-analyze the UK transport sector and develop a model of the dynamics between how vehicle technologies and consumer preferences can change and influence the diffusion process; 4) Finally, we develop exploratory simulations to assess how social network effects can influence individual adoption behaviour; 5) We close with policy implications of our findings, contributions and limitations of the thesis, and possible avenues for taking the research forward.
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Steinheber, Juergen. "Diffusion challenges for innovation in technology-intensive industries." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/9669.
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Many innovations fail on the market. Non-adoption and slow diffusion represent a high risk for companies in technology-intensive industries when looking to innovate, develop, market and launch a new technology. Its diffusion in the market is a major challenge for marketing. The consequence of a failed market introduction can be financial and reputational loss. Diffusion of innovation research shows a short-coming of researching barriers and challenges which prevent new technologies from being successful. This research sheds some light in the diversity, importance and existence of barriers for the diffusion of innovation. The originality of this investigation is a mixed-methods approach to explore barriers and challenges for the diffusion of innovation. An exploratory qualitative research is performed on the unique case of digital radio diffusion in Germany. Barriers evolve by this method in addition to barriers, which so far are described in a theoretical framework. These barriers are researched empirically via an international survey with close to one thousand participants representing experienced practitioners in marketing and sales positions from different industries. Various research findings are presented. The evolving barriers are researched and show circumstances of today, such as the dominance of internet, environmental awareness or the importance of inter-industrial collaboration. Additionally, diffusion barriers from a theoretical framework are tested with empirical data. Findings are presented as evidence for diffusion barriers and their importance for the specific example of digital radio is explained. Furthermore, barriers are also generalized for different technology-intensive industries. The existence of barriers is confirmed by empirical data and patterns of variations are outlined. Validity is achieved via triangulation of methodologies and supporting literature. The findings are presented to extend the theoretical framework and to close a gap in diffusion of innovation theory. The research contributes in very different ways to existing knowledge. Apart from the theoretical contributions, methodological and practical contributions are also made. With quantitative research, the sampling strategy for an online questionnaire considers the benefits of professional social networks on a global level to contribute empirical data to a theoretical framework. The practical contribution is directed to industry stakeholders and practitioners such as in marketing. The research findings result in a framework of barriers and supporting illustrations for technology-intensive industries. Practitioners can benefit from the illustrations for strategic decision-making in business development, product and general management, marketing and sales.
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Bernal, Uribe Juan Felipe. "Innovation, intellectual property rights and international knowledge diffusion." Thesis, Toulouse 1, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012TOU10029/document.
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Cette thèse étudie l’effet des Droits de Propriété Intellectuelle (DPI) sur l’économie. Elle se sert d’un cadre commun (i.e. un modèle de croissance endogène avec différentiation horizontale) pour modéliser les DPI, identifier les coûts et bienfaits associés à leur mise en œuvre, suggérer un niveau de protection optimal en tenant compte des différences dans la composition des dotations de travail et, finalement, se concentrer sur les implications internationales des politiques tendant à l’unification des systèmes de DPI dans le monde.Le premier chapitre considère une économie fermée. Nous montrons qu’il n’est pas nécessaire que le degré de DPI qui maximise l’utilité pour les travailleurs qualifiés coïncide avec celui des non qualifiés. L’équilibre dans cette économie dépend de sa taille et de la composition du facteur travail. Lorsque le nombre de travailleurs qualifiés est faible par rapport au nombre des travailleurs non qualifiés, une protection totale des DPI bénéficie au travail qualifié en nuisant au travail non qualifié. Ce dernier aurait une utilité supérieure en présence d’une protection plus faible des DPI. Lorsque la taille des deux groupes est similaire, il n’y a plus de conflit d’intérêts : Les deux types de travailleurs préfèrent un régime de DPI qui augmente avec la taille de la population totale.Le deuxième chapitre étend le contenu du premier en incorporant une deuxième économie qui est à la fois plus peuplée et technologiquement supérieure. Le secteur de Recherche et Développement (R&D) domestique bénéficie des connaissances en provenance de l’étranger. Le modèle prédit la convergence du taux de croissance domestique vers le taux de croissance du leader technologique. L’effet positif des DPI est donné par la détermination de « l’écart technologique » entre les deux régions. La protection totale des DPI maximise l’utilité du travail qualifié et, sous certaines configuration des paramètres, du travail non qualifié.Le troisième chapitre introduit le commerce international. Nous considérons deux économies où les travailleurs qualifiés sont hétérogènes en termes de productivité individuelle dans le secteur R&D. Le commerce international requiert le paiement d’un coût fixe pour chaque variété de bien intermédiaire. Il y a deux régions dans le monde : le « Nord » avec une protection totale des DPI, et le « Sud » avec une protection faible. Tout travailleur qualifié dans le secteur R&D fait le choix entre devenir innovateur ou imitateur. Cette modélisation est capable de recréer la domination du Nord dans l’activité d’innovation mondiale, et du Sud dans l’imitation. Un renforcement des DPI dans le Sud se traduit par une redistribution de travailleurs qualifiés hors de l’activité imitative et vers l’innovation. Un nombre plus faible d’imitateurs augmente l’intérêt d’exporter vers le Sud pour les firmes du Nord, ce qui favorise le commerce internationalThis thesis studies the effects of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) on the economy. It makes use of a common framework (i.e. an endogenous growth model with horizontal differentiation) to model IPRs, identify the benefits and the costs associated with their implementation, suggest welfare maximizing levels of IPRs in economies with different compositions of the labor force and, finally, focus on the trade aspects of international policies tending to unify IPRs systems in the world.The first chapter considers a closed economy. We find that the utility maximizing degree of IPRs may or not be the same for skilled and unskilled workers. The equilibrium of the economy depends on its size and composition of the labor force. When skilled workers are scarce relative to unskilled workers, complete enforcement of IPRs benefits skilled workers and harm unskilled workers, which prefer a weaker regime. If the two labor endowments are close enough there is no longer a conflict of interests between the two groups. Both prefer a regime of IPRs that increases with the population size.The second chapter extends the first one to incorporate an additional economy which is larger and technologically more advanced. The R&D sector of the small economy benefits from the knowledge developed abroad. The model predicts convergence in the rate of growth to the one of the technological leader. The positive effect of IPRs comes from the determination of the "technological gap" between the two regions. Complete enforcement of IPRs maximizes utility for skilled labor and, under some parameter configurations, also for unskilled labor.The third chapter allows for international trade. We consider two economies where skilled labor is heterogeneous in productivity within the R&D sector. Trade requires the payment of a fixed cost per variety. There are two regions in the world: the South has weaker IPRs and a less skilled labor than the North. Skilled workers in the R&D sector choose between becoming innovators or imitators. This setup recreates the observable patterns of dominance of the North in innovation, and the South in imitation. Stronger IPRs in the South translate into a reallocation of skilled labor out of imitation and into innovation. Less imitators increase the value of exporting to that region for foreign exporters leading to an increase in world trade
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Petit, Serge. "Evaluation de l'impact des actions de diffusion technologique du C. E. A. Dans le monde industriel." Paris 9, 1999. https://portail.bu.dauphine.fr/fileviewer/index.php?doc=1999PA090049.
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Les organismes de recherche publics sont de plus en plus amenés à évaluer l'impact économique de leurs travaux, mais les indicateurs d'impact actuellement disponibles ne donnent guère satisfaction. Cette recherche développe des indicateurs en mesure d'évaluer finement les effets induits par une collaboration de R&D entre un laboratoire et une firme. Une évaluation exploratoire de vingt-deux collaborations achevées du Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (CEA) fournit le matériel empirique pour l'élaboration de sept indicateurs. Des liens fonctionnels sont ensuite créés entre ces indicateurs et certaines variables explicatives représentatives du profil de l'entreprise, de la collaboration et de l'innovation lancée. L'algorithme de Kohonen permet d'extraire des associations robustes alliant les indicateurs d'impact avec ses déterminants, fondant ainsi une méthode << mixte >> qui emprunte aux principes de l'observation monographique et du traitement statistique. Trois types de résultats sont issus de la recherche empirique : - la production d'indicateurs complémentaires au chiffre d'affaires induit et la définition des scenarios dans lesquels ils s'appliquent - la mise en évidence de différentes formes d'organisation de la recherche collaborative en fonction des objectifs industriels - des renseignements sur les modalités contractuelles permettant au CEA d'optimiser ses propres retours financiers. Ces résultats illustrent la dimension immatérielle de la technologie et sa signification économique. Par ailleurs, le modèle linéaire << techno-push >>, malgré les critiques dont il fait l'objet, produit des résultats probants dans certains cas
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Dubkin-Lee, Shelley Irene. "Diffusion of innovation and the Oregon Small Schools Initiative /." view abstract or download file of text, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1192188671&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=11238&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Thesis (D. Ed.)--University of Oregon, 2006.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 146-152). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Godinho, Manuel Fernando Cilia Mira. "Innovation diffusion in the Portuguese and Italian clothing industry." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.239480.
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In this thesis a model to describe the diffusion of a cluster of inter-related innovations is put forward. Unlike conventional diffusion approaches, which deal with each innovation independently, this model is based on a system of "aggregated measures of diffusion" (AMDs). Such AMDs assume a common technological base and a learning sequence in adoption, and they are derived from a system of double weighting, with scores attached for a) the complexity of each innovation and b) the time-span since adoption. In addition to diffusion measurement, AMDs can be used to assess technological capability of individual firms, industries, regions or countries. In this role they can replace conventional technology measures, particularly when the object of analysis are "traditional industries" or "catching up regions". In the present application, the diffusion of nine innovations available for use in the clothing industry was tracked. Alternative weighting schemes generated different AMDs, successively taken as the dependent variable in a multiple regression exercise. The variables entered into the model matched broadly the conceptual framework, with proxies of technological competence ("qualified technicians" or "intangible investment") and firm size ("sales" or "employment") displaying greater association with the AMDs. Interestingly, the dummy "country" was not selected as significant. This is in line with previous findings in the thesis, which showed an average initial lag between Portuguese and Italian firms of 4 years, narrowing to 2.5 years as diffusion proceeds. These results suggest that the productivity gap (2.6: I) derives mostly from factors other than differences in the adoption of recent hardware. Future policies to narrow this gap could better consider how to improve the handling of existing hardware (training, skills) and other intangible factors (design, quality, marketing and distribution), than concentrating exclusively on fixed capital formation. If these intangible factors are addressed by public policy, it is possible to believe that the Portuguese clothing industry will have an opportunity to survive and prosper. With regard to Italy, there are signs that some of the traditional factors of competitiveness have suffered recently a process of erosion. With the expected phasing out of the MultiFibre Arrangement, Italian tirms must concentrate further in up-market niches and relocate part of their assembling operations to lower cost regions abroad. The possibility of radical technological change reversing dramatically this industry'S pattern of comparative advantage is not a realistic prospect in the short/medium-term. However. the likelihood of full automation in a longer-term remains, and it is possible to expect that those firms which have gone further in adopting certain LT.-related innovations will have a decisive advantage early next century.
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Sanderford, Andrew R. "Bridging the Diffusion of Innovation Chasm for Green Housing." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51843.
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Limited transaction and unit attribute information curtail the diffusion potential of green homes and create significant valuation and underwriting problems for the housing debt capital markets, more specifically mortgage originators (lenders) and appraisers. Put into the context of the technology adoption life cycle this missing information prevents green homes from crossing the chasm into the mainstream market. As lenders and appraisers are the gatekeepers of the mainstream mortgage markets, they will be key stakeholders in any strategy for green homes to cross this chasm. The missing transaction and attribute data creates two opportunities for scholarship. The first opportunity is to create and provide preliminary evidence of the chasm in the green housing market place. The second opportunity is to analyze, in the context of this chasm, what information and tools appraisers are using, at present, to estimate the value of high performance homes.Ph. D.
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Boekholt, P. E. B. "The European Community and innovation policy : reorienting towards diffusion." Thesis, Aston University, 1994. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/10801/.
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This study aims to explore the position of diffusion oriented support mechanisms in European Community (EC) innovation policy. With the shift from the traditional linear model towards an integrative approach to innovation, the role of diffusion of technologies and knowledge, achieved greater weight. This shift in both the thinking of academic experts, and of national policy makers, induced EC policy makers to appeal for similar changes in Community innovation policy. From the mid-1980s, the Commission of the European Communities, the key actor in EC policy making, thought to move its innovation policy away from the traditional science push approach. This study shows that in the implementation of programmes for research, technology and innovation, the traditional linear model is still dominant. The core research and technological development programmes still operate from a science push concept of innovation, mainly due to their pre-competitive nature. The case of SPRINT illustrates that policy programmes with an integrated innovation perspective can be successful at Community level. However the programme operates in a relatively isolated position from overall research and technological development policy. The case of BRITE-EURAM illustrates the difficulties of collaborative research programmes, the bulk of EC support mechanisms, to move away from the traditional model. The study shows how conflicting policy objectives arising from the different policy networks that shape EC policy making, in combination with a lack of co-ordination in those policy domains, hinder the emergence of the integrated approach. Consequently EC diffusion policy, implemented from the perspective of the linear model, will have a sub-optimal impact on the competitiveness of European industries.
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Bell, Philipp. "Modeling the diffusion of system effect technologies." Wiesbaden : Dt. Univ.-Verl, 2006. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2781666&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.
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Guillemet, Richard. "La gestion de projets fondés sur des connaissances scientifiques en voie d'émergence : le cas d'un projet de recherche relatif à un emballage biodégradable à base de biopolymères issus d'amidon de blé." Reims, 2007. http://theses.univ-reims.fr/exl-doc/GED00000704.pdf.
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La gestion de projet a connu, ces dernières années, un développement important tant par son utilisation dans des organisations et des secteurs divers que par les analyses théoriques dont elle a pu faire l'objet. L'objectif de ce travail est de montrer les difficultés induites par le recours à la gestion de projet dans des projets nécessitant la création de connaissances scientifiques nouvelles susceptibles d'être à l'origine d'un nouveau paradigme. A partir de l'analyse d'un projet de recherche relatif à un emballage biodégradable à base de biopolyrnères issus d'amidon de blé, ce travail montre, premièrement, que l'incertitude inhérente à la production de la science limite l'efficacité de la gestion de projet. En effet, les connaissances à créer pour la réalisation d'un projet deviennent concomitantes au projet lui-même mais aussi au domained'application et donc aux acteurs participant au projet. II semble donc impossible d'optimiser le triptyque coût / délai / qualité. Deuxièmement, il met en évidence que les projets fondés sur la science se réalisent dans des configurations inter-organisationnelles complexes non identifiables ex-ante, ce qui rend problématique toute constitution ex-ante du réseau dans lequel sera géré le projet. En outre, ces configurations inter-organisationnelles exigent des compromis permettant de faire converger les objectifs et les horizons temporels différents des acteurs participant à ce type de projet. Enfin, la gestion de projet constitue dès lors un mythe rationnel, qui conduit à faire le pari d'explorer une seule potentialité du paradigme émergent alors qu'il en existe d'autresThese last years, the project management knew a significant development as well by its use in various organizations and sectors as by the theoretical analyses which focus on it. The aim of this work is to show the difficulties induced by such a project management in projects based on the creation of new scientific knowledge likely to give birth to a new paradigm. Starting from the analysis of a research project relative to a biodegradable starch-based packaging, this work shows, firstly, that inherent uncertainty relative to the production of science limits the effectiveness of the project management. Indeed, knowledge to be created for the realization of a project becomes concomitant with the project itself but also with the kind of products and markets and thus with the actors taking part in the project. Consequently, it seems impossible to optirnize the triptych cost/time/quality. Secondly, it highlights that science-based projects are carried out in ex-ante unknown complex interorganisational configurations, which makes problematic any ex-ante constitution of the network in which the project will be managed. Moreover, these inter-organisational configurations require compromises making it possible the convergence of the different objectives and temporal horizons from the various actors taking part in this type of project. Consequently, the project management constitutes a rational myth, which is the result of making the bet to explore only one potentiality of the emergent paradigm whereas there are different ones
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Kellner, Christian. "Diffusion innovativer Technologien am Beispiel brennstoffzellengetriebener PKWs." Berlin Logos-Verl, 2008. http://d-nb.info/989530957/04.
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Fung, Shu-fun. "Diffusion and innovation of ICT in Hong Kong school practice." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2004. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B40039961.
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Fung, Shu-fun, and 馮樹勳. "Diffusion and innovation of ICT in Hong Kong school practice." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B40039961.
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Weiller, Claire. "Business model innovation in an emerging ecosystem : electric vehicle diffusion." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.708955.
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Shuster, Marc S. (Mark Saul) 1975. "Diffusion of network innovation : implications for adoption of internet services." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/46196.
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Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; and, Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1998.Includes bibliographical references (p. 51-53).
by Mark S. Shuster.
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Combier, Laurent A. (Laurent Alain). "Diffusion of innovation in the construction industry : high strength concretes." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45739.
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Koller, Cynthia. "Diffusion of Innovation and Fraud in the Subprime Mortgage Market." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1282050951.
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Zhou, Minyu. "Essays on Innovation and International Technology Diffusion: An Empirical Investigation." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1376528239.
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Geana, Mugur Valentin. "Penetration of innovation taming the unexplored interactions between information, knowledge and persuasion in the innovation-decision model /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4388.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on July 18, 2008) Includes bibliographical references.
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Schnorf, Sebastian. "Diffusion in sozialen Netzwerken der Mobilkommunikation." Konstanz UVK-Verl.-Ges, 2007. http://d-nb.info/987457314/04.
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Guner, Mine Sule. "The Diffusion Of Financial Innovation In Turkey: The Case Of Atm." Master's thesis, METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12606262/index.pdf.
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This study investigates the indicators of the number of ATMs (automated teller machines) in the provinces of Turkey by examining two banks: T.C. Ziraat Bankasi and T. iS Bankasi. The study depends on annual panel data from 1990 to 2004 for seventy-three provinces of Turkey. The information about the number of ATMs of the two banks is gathered after a study in the archives of the banks. In this study it is concluded that the number of ATMs of T. iS Bankasi and T. C. Ziraat Bankasi in the previous year and the total number of branches of the banks in Turkey are the indicators of ATM adoption for both of the banks concerned. However, population has a negative sign for T. C. Ziraat Bankasi which is a state bank whereas it has a positive sign for T. iS Bankasi which is a quasi-private bank. The findings also indicate that the ATM number of T. iS Bankasi is more sensitive to the number of total bank branches.
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sadeghkhani, zohreh. "The impact of national culture on the diffusion process of innovation." Thesis, Umeå University, Umeå School of Business, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-1464.
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The goal of this thesis was to study the impact of national culture on the diffusion process of innovation. The study was conducted on consumers in two countries of Sweden and Iran who have significant cultural differences based on Hofstede’s five cultural dimensions model. A questionnaire designed to evaluate the tendency to adopt new products and to imitate was completed by 200 people in each of two respective countries. These participants were well distributed across different genders and age groups. The responses obtained were analyzed to evaluate the impact of culture on adoption of innovation as well as on imitation. In addition, the role of gender on the adoption of new product as well as on imitation was investigated.
The analysis of the data obtained in this study clearly indicates that national culture plays a significant role on the diffusion process of innovation. These results show that the tendency to adopt new products in the Swedish culture is higher than that in the Iranian culture. In other words one can conclude that the tendency to adopt new products in countries with low power distance, low uncertainty avoidance, individualistic, and short term orientation culture is higher than in countries with high power distance, high uncertainty avoidance, collective, and long term orientation culture.
The results of this research also demonstrate that gender also plays an important role in the adoption of new products. These results indicate that the tendency to adopt new product by males in both Sweden and Iran is higher than the tendency to adopt new products by their female counter parts. In other words in both feminine and masculine cultures males have more tendencies to adopt new products than females.
The analysis of the data obtained in this study indicates that national culture plays a significant role on the degree of imitation. These results show that the tendency to imitate in Iranian culture is higher than in the Swedish culture. In other words the tendency to imitate in countries with high power distance, high uncertainty avoidance, collective, and long term orientation culture is higher than the tendency to imitate in countries with low power distance, low uncertainty avoidance, individualistic, and short term orientation culture.
In addition, the results of this research show that gender also plays an important role in the extent of imitation. These results suggest that the tendency to imitate by females in both Sweden and Iran is higher than the tendency to imitate by their male counter parts. In other words in both feminine and masculine cultures females have more tendencies to imitate than males.
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England, Ian William. "Innovation diffusion in state owned health: a study of IT adoption." Queensland University of Technology, 2005. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/15982/.
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The health industry has acquired a reputation as lagging in the use of information technology (IT). Therefore, this study has been undertaken to assess state health's use of IT and then to assess the causal factors of the differing usage rate, if any. The state health industry was compared to the banking industry as a benchmark, on the basis that the banking industry is widely perceived as a leading IT user. A literature review summarised and critiqued current literature and informed the subsequent research. The research comprised two related studies. The first study was a qualitative study of the beliefs of senior state health executives. The second study was based upon a survey of state health and banking managers. The research confirmed that in these two 'knowledge' industries, state health is slower to adopt IT with an apparent lower maturity level. This finding was observed across a range of best-practice management, procedural and cultural topics as well as the level of resources applied to IT. Innovation-diffusion-theory helped understand why IT implementation has progressed at a slower rate in state health than other industry sectors. The complexity of state health organisations and their fragmented internal structure constrain their ability to adopt traditional, hierarchical, organisation-wide IT. This is further impacted upon by the relative immaturity of clinical health IT, which is complicated, incomplete and unable to show quantifiable benefits. In addition, elements of the findings suggest that health IT departments are poorly aligned to the needs of clinicians and managers. Both organisational and technological factors lead to the slow adoption of health IT, although measures suggest that the key factors relate to the unique organisational nature of state health. The recommendations for health and IT policy arising from this research are: * The effectiveness of state health IT departments needs comparing to those in other sectors and improvement interventions implemented; * The strongest way for state health IT to proceed is to focus on management and social issues in preference to the ever-seductive technology. Research and development funds should be allocated, as a priority, to benefits-analysis methods, improved understanding of the true nature of health organisations (formal and informal) and a rich understanding of clinical behaviours and work. Deeper knowledge in all of these areas will permit the development of more relevant IT leading to greater value, more focussed implementation and new areas for business development in the IT industry.
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Roback, Kerstin. "Medical Device Innovation : The integrated processes of invention, diffusion and deployment." Doctoral thesis, Linköping : Center for Medical Technology Assessment, Department of Health and Society, Linköping University, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-7717.
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Delre, Sebastiano Alessio. "The effects of social networks on innovation diffusion and market dynamics." [S.l. : Groningen : s.n. ; University Library Groningen] [Host], 2007. http://irs.ub.rug.nl/ppn/304001422.
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Reader, Simon Matthew. "Social learning and innovation : individual differences, diffusion dynamics and evolutionary issues." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.344085.
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Baptista, Rui Miguel Loureiro Nobre. "An empirical study of innovation, entry and diffusion in industrial clusters." Thesis, London Business School (University of London), 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.300812.
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Ghani, Zainal. "Curricular decision-making in the diffusion of education innovation in Malaysia." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.237062.
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Dykes, Katherine L. 1980. "Dynamics of technology innovation and diffusion with emphasis on wind energy." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112625.
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Thesis: Ph. D. in Engineering Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Engineering, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, 2016.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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This thesis takes an interdisciplinary look at wind energy innovation and diffusion through a historical case study and system dynamic quantitative model. The former uses a framework known as actor-network- theory (that allows technical as well social forces to shape historical outcomes) and applies it to an in-depth case study of the history of the technology throughout several époques. Rather than simplifying the story of the technology into a case of winners and losers, as past studies have done, this work demonstrates the complexity of the history of wind technology where many individuals in different countries, companies and national governments, all play a key role in both direct and indirect development of the technology. Without the confluence of activity from these different groups across time and space, the story of wind energy would be very different. In particular, the history shows how the technology develops and diffuses in different regions at different times in different eras, but that traces of each époque survive into the next so that the overall history of wind energy technology has some continuous threads and an accumulation of global learning. This perspective serves as a basis for the development of a system dynamics model of wind energy development and deployment. The model examines the interplay of technology innovation and diffusion dynamics where markets for the technology are local but innovation and learning is global. Wind energy for electricity generation has overcome significant volatility in local markets over the last several decades thanks to the global aggregation of demand from different countries at different times. At the same time, the persistent presence of a market somewhere in the world at any given time has allowed continuous innovation and technology learning to take place. Looking forward, these local and global feedbacks for innovation and diffusion have important implications for the further development of technology and its ability to become a prominent global source of electricity generation.
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Ferro, Daniel Cabral Ribeiro. "Understanding the adoption of cloud BI in SMES." Master's thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/77157.
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Dissertation presented as partial requirement for obtaining the Master’s degree in Information Management, with a specialization in Marketing IntelligenceBI systems have been largely used as a way to support decision-making and increase competitive advantage between large firms. Studies using adoption theories turned out to be useful to understand the adoption of BI systems in such organizations. However, among SME’s the research on the theme it is still scarce as the adoption of BI is not a certainty. Even though cloud BI solutions emerged as a suitable solution for SME’s, there is a lack of studies focusing on its adoption. This study aims to fill this gap in the literature and access the determinant factors to the adoption of cloud BI in SMEs. We propose a conceptual model based on the combination of two prominent adoption theories at the firm level: diffusion of innovation (DOI) theory, and the technology, organization, and environment (TOE) framework. Data collected from 203 SMEs were analyzed using the PLS-SEM method. Results of the data analysis showed that the variables relative advantage, complexity and top management support are significant to the adoption of cloud BI in SMEs. This study offers insights to SMEs’ managers, BI vendors, and IT/IS scholars.