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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ben, Slimane Bouajina Sonia. "Impact des alliances sur le développement et la dynamique de la capacité d'absorption technologique des entreprises du sud : cas des entreprises tunisiennes." Paris 9, 2005. https://portail.bu.dauphine.fr/fileviewer/index.php?doc=2005PA090060.
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La question relative à la dynamique d’absorption technologique engendrée par les alliances s’est limitée, dans les travaux théoriques, aux pays développés. Ceux-ci mettent l’accent sur le rôle des coopérations technologiques sur la dynamique d’absorption. Les alliances industrielles sont considérées seulement, comme moyen de transfert unilatéral des technologies extérieures. Le rattrapage technologique enregistré par certains PED pose la question du rôle que joueraient les alliances industrielles dans le développement et la dynamique de la capacité d’absorption technologique dans les entreprises. Ainsi, notre cas empirique – qui s’inscrit dans un contexte d’accords Nord-Sud - se propose de déterminer si les effets des alliances se prêtent à l’application et à l’adoption dans le contexte des pays en développement. Au terme de l’analyse empirique, nous dressons une synthèse des méthodes utilisées ainsi que des résultats obtenusThe question related to the dynamic of absorptive capacity in context of alliances is still remaining restricted in theory to developed countries. The theory, insist exclusively, on the role of technological cooperation on developing absorptive capacity. The industrial alliances are considered as only a way to technology transfer, incorporated in machines. But the success stories of new emergent countries expect us to explore the relation between industrial alliances and the development on technological absorptive capacity. In the context on Integration process North-South, to build a commercial and technological zone of integration (Euro-Med), our case tend to analyse not only, the interdependence between initial capabilities, and the absorptive capacity in context on alliances, but also, the role of factors which influence the dynamic of this capacity
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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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Philippe, Luc. "Imitation et diffusion internationale des innovations." Lille 3 : ANRT, 1985. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb375943434.
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Quélin, Bertrand V. "Changement technologique et diffusion des innovations." Grenoble 2 : ANRT, 1988. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37617762r.
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Bellanca, Raffaella. "Diffusion of innovations : reforestation in Haiti." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3), 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22538.
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Development discourse emerged from the implicit assumption that the technological achievements and societal organizations of western civilization represent successes of humankind in inhabiting the planet, and should therefore be promoted among other cultures. The ecological threats of this time suggest the contrary, forcing us to reconsider the positiveness of over exploitations of natural resources and to recognize the paradox of the economical growth model. A new urgent meaning for development is that of rediscussing what characterizes an ideal society and enabling the transformation toward sustainability and justice. Among the many challenges that the planet is facing deforestation well represents the reach of the problems since it affects humans at several levels: from the smallest scale of family economy with the products they can directly offer; to the national size through the effect they have on the environmental conditions of countries; and to the global level for the influence over the planet’s climate. In this era of tremendous transformations, demanding the reduction of consumptions for developed countries and appropriate planning of future consumption for developing ones, communication plays a central role. Exchange of information without preferential directions and between different levels (global-local, local-local) is at the base of this process. This study analyses the communication dynamics of a reforestation campaign in Haiti operated by the NGO AMURT. Assuming that the idea of planting trees rather then cutting them can be seen as an innovation, I adopted as a theoretical framework the findings of “Diffusion of Innovation” research. In particular I used the field work to critically assess some of the diffusion model’s findings, especially concerning the characterization of early adopters which I perceived as pro-innovation biased.An analysis of the NGO communication strategy according to diffusion of innovation parameters revealed several positive points, such as the use of homophile change agents, the adaptation of messages to the audience and the characterization of the meaning of the innovation from a receiver’s perspective. Nevertheless, the most important reasons for the success of the program rather seemed to sit in the NGO approach: the relationship of trust, the stability of its presence in the area and the intimate contact and cooperation with the local social structures.
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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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Halila, Fawzi. "The adoption and diffusion of environmental innovations." Doctoral thesis, Luleå : Luleå, Department of Buisness Administration and Social Sciences, Division of Industrial Management, Luleå University of Technology, 2007. http://epubl.luth.se/1402-1544/2007/42.
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Islam, Towhidul. "Modelling and forecasting the diffusion of innovations." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.362879.
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Undrum, Michael, and Andreas Ebbesen. "Diffusion of Process Innovations in Public Hospitals." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for industriell økonomi og teknologiledelse, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-26165.
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Norwegian hospitals are challenged by demographic changes, an increasingly complex clinical picture and longer waiting lines. At the same time hospitals struggle with adopting process innovations aiming at improving efficiency and productivity at a satisfactory rate. This study is a specific contribution to an increased understanding of the diffusion of process innovations in public health care. The first question answered by this study is related to which specific determinants that affect the diffusion and adoption of process innovations in Norwegian, public hospitals. The second question considers how the efforts of process improvements observed in Norwegian hospitals relate to the innovation-decision model by E. Rogers (2003). To answer these questions a case study research was selected and 15 interviews with six unique case hospitals and three independent specialists were conducted. This provided the data needed to identify both the relevant determinants and new insight in the efforts for process improvement in Norwegian hospitals.This study has four main contributions to theory. First, the five most relevant determinants for the diffusion of process innovations were found to be reinforcement by management, meaning, professionalism, collective action, and experimentation. Second, the findings suggest that interconnectedness of determinants plays an important role for process innovations. Third, the identification of three phases in the process improvement in hospitals resulted in a proposed modification to the innovation-decision model. Fourth, the framework of determinants applied to the phases of process improvement yielded insight in the different determinants affecting each of the identified phases. Implications for managers are a need for increased understanding of how the local process is affected by various elements depending on the phase of a project and increased understanding of the importance of reinforcement by management in facilitating process innovation. Implications for policymakers are that the diffusion of process innovations involves high degrees of inspiration and adaptation, making it hard to facilitate the diffusion of a particular innovation and that the direct influence of policymakers seems to be low despite their given mandate to facilitate development.
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Ramírez, Alejandro 1970. "Diffusion of residential construction innovations in Colombia." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/50016.
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Quélin, Bertrand. "Changement technologique et diffusion des innovations : analyse du processus de diffusion de l'électronique et de l'informatique." Paris 13, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988PA131004.
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La these analyse sur le plan theorique, les mecanismes de diffusion du progres technique et de l'innovation dans les societes industrielles, avec une etude appliquee aux industries electroniques et informatiques. En effet, l'innovation et le progres technique sont facteurs de distorsions et de transformations economiques et industrielles. Aussi, articule aux notions de temps et de progressivite, le concept de diffusion revet une importance theorique considerable. Comme processus d'integration de la technique dans l'espace economique, la diffusion occupe une place essentielle. Et la notion de transmission est d'ailleurs implicite a tous les concepts d'invention, d'innovation et de progres technique. L'analyse se demarque des theses schumpeteriennes pour lesquelles la diffusion est reduite a l'imitation de l'innovateur par ses concurrents, et le changement technique subordonne a l'enclenchement de cycles longs. La these etudie les principaux mecanismes de transmission des innovations. Elle montre que la direction et le conteny des flux technologiques inter-sectoriels subissent la triple influence des externalites, des effets d'entrainement et des effets de domination existant entre les secteurs. Ces trois phenomenes apparaissent comme les principaux determinants de la diffusion de l'innovation dans le tissu economique. La configuration de la diffusion depend alors de la position des activites a l'origine du progres technique dans l'industrie, et de l'imbrication des principales structures que sont l'etat, les grands groupes et les pme. Quatre mecanismes fondamentaux de la diffusion sont degages : -les relations internes a ces structures hierarchisees; -les externalites; -les coalitions d'acteurs industriels; -le conflit marche hors marcheThis thesis can be read as a theoretical analysis of the patterns of technical change in modern economies with an illustrative case study on electronic and data processing industries. A general theoretical task is the explanation of the determinants and directions of technical change. Because innovation and technical progress create industrial transformation and economic development, innovation diffusion, based on time and progressiveness, is an important theoretical concept. We have to go beyond the assumptions of schumpeterian analysis : innovation diffusion can't be limited to imitation, no technical change based on long waves. The thesis studies the main mecanisms of the innovation transmission, and analyses the fact that some sectors are generators of technology. External effects, leading activities and domination effects shape the direction of technological flows between sectors. These economic phenomenous are the main determinants of innovation diffusion. The diffusion pattern is subject to linkages between state, industrial corporatcs and small enterprises. The four main mecanisms of innovation diffusion are : -linkages between economic structures; -external effects; -joint-ventures; -and conflict between implicit coordination of market and explicit coordination generated by firms
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Emmitt, Stephen. "The diffusion of innovations in the building industry." Thesis, University of Manchester, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.551097.
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Smythe, James Gordon. "Diffusion of innovations in the physician services industry." Thesis, University of York, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.369273.
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Fichman, Robert G. "The assimilation and diffusion of software process innovations." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/11765.
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Mitchell, Joshua L. "Foundations for Policy Innovations: Exploring Local Policy Diffusion." OpenSIUC, 2012. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/630.
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This dissertation examines various internal factors within a county and external factors outside the county that influence policy adoption. Particular attention is given to external factors, or the possible ways that counties respond to the policies of their neighbors. This study focuses on the multiple external processes involved that contribute to policy adoption. These include policy diffusion, lagged diffusion, and conditional diffusion. These processes are used to test hypotheses that will better explain how counties react to their neighbors' policy adoptions. Unlike most studies that examine only one process, multiple processes are tested to determine if they vary across different policies. This study explores Tax Incremental Financing districts, smoking bans, and the sales tax rates of counties in the state of Missouri. Missouri is politically, economically, and demographically similar to other states, therefore making it a sufficient case for this study. I find that different processes are involved in policy adoption, and that counties mainly react to one another through economic competition. I also find that certain county-level characteristics influence a county's likelihood of adopting policies. These findings will enable scholars to better determine the multiple processes involved in county policy adoption.
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Li, Dan. "The diffusion study on Chinese outbound tourism —Based on “diffusion of innovations” theory." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Kulturgeografi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-105535.
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From 1983 in which year Chinese people started being allowed to travel to the first outbound destination to nowadays that more than 150 countries have signed the ADS (approved destination status) with Chinese government, Chinese outbound tourism had a great progress in 32 years. During these years, more and more Chinese tourists could be seen in different places in the world. In 2014, the number of Chinese outbound tourists firstly achieve to over 100 million. The numbers are predicted to continue by 2020. It is meaningful to put Chinese outbound tourism as an object and discover its future development. Therefore, the aim of this study is set as to analyse the future diffusion of Chinese outbound tourism. The available theoretical foundation is diffusion theory (Rogers, 2003). Its mature and practical theoretical system guides the research framework of this study. This theory is reliable for analysing and discussing the diffusion of Chinese outbound tourism from some aspects such as S-shaped curve, communication channels, adopter classification, etc. A questionnaire survey and some hypothetical indicators are designed in this study to fulfil the aim and research questions. Results are described from several aspects. The analysis of results prove that Chinese outbound tourism could be reckoned as an innovation. Finally, conclusions show that Chinese outbound tourism is currently going through the developing process between ‘innovators’ and ‘early adopters’. If the influencing factors which derived based on diffusion theory could be developed or solved positively, it is possible for Chinese outbound tourism to develop continually following the S-shaped curve in the future. The influencing factors has been studied out. They are the communication channels, the conscious gap between people who live in cities and people who live in towns and villages, the wealth gap between rich people and poor people. Not many related implementations are given out in this study, which needs future researches to explore.
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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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Xu, Huaidong. "Forecasting innovation diffusion : a modeling approach." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23413.
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Larsen, Graeme D. "A polymorphic framework for understanding the diffusion of innovations." Thesis, University of Reading, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.424037.
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Holmes, Kevin J. "Management innovations : their adoption, diffusion and high-fidelity adaptation." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2016. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/19822/.
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Innovation in the widest sense is, arguably, the only thing that drives organisations and economies forward - as such innovation ought to be a prime concern of decisionmakers, whether in the private or public spheres, but equally of those academics who study organisations. Recent research has also emphasised the importance of management innovation for firm performance, both as a complement to technological innovation (Damanpour et al. 2009) and as an independent phenomenon (Mol and Birkinshaw, 2009) and there is broad agreement that a better understanding of management innovation should be high on the research agenda (Volberda et al. 2013). This research is based on a single fine-grained longitudinal case study that focuses on the chronology as a narrative of a management innovation and uses archival data to explore not only how the case study organisation changes in order to adopt a management innovation, but also addresses research questions linked to the content, deployment approach and performance of that management innovation. It uses the case study to develop and validate a seven phase Intraorganisational Management Innovation Framework that is used to characterise the life-cycle of management innovations and also a Management Innovation Content Typology that is used to characterise their content. It finds that the role and impact of senior leadership and line manager support is consistent with Peeters et al. (2014) findings of fostering of legitimacy of the management innovation and also the actions of internal change agents to be instrumental in maintaining a high level of conformity. Fidelity to the original management innovation is also enhanced by recipients' participation in a global Performance Management System (De Waal, 2004) with its ingredients of a Strategy House, Policy Deployment Matrix and a weekly performance review or Comms Cell. The study also shows an emerging pattern of resistance from individuals to the adoption of the management innovation and it attributes this partly to 'over-zealous' behaviours by the internal change agents linking these to their role and psychological profiles. Rowland and Higgs (2009) describe this as 'shaping' leadership behaviours and a 'directive' approach to change. The study identifies the management innovation as 'hybridised' (Mamman, 2002) with its 'roots' in the existing disciplines of Project Management, Organisational Development and Lean Six Sigma or Continuous Improvement - this is consistent with the Gibson and Tesone (2001) argument that management innovations will morph into other names as time goes by.
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Millet-Fourrier, Christelle Kouloumdjian Marie-France. "Les jeux d'acteurs dans la diffusion des télé-activités." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2000. http://demeter.univ-lyon2.fr:8080/sdx/theses/lyon2/2000/millet_c.
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Nelson, Andrew Joel. "Institutional convergence and the diffusion of university-versus firm-origin technologies /." May be available electronically:, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPTU1MTUmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=12498.
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Conrad, Edward D. "Willingness to use IT innovations : a hybrid approach employing diffusion of innovations and technology acceptance models /." Available to subscribers only, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1791777541&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2009."Department of Management." Keywords: Diffusion of innovations, Pre-adoptive behaviors, Willingness to use, Technology acceptance, Information technology. Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-124). Also available online.
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Conrad, Edward David. "WILLINGNESS TO USE IT INNOVATIONS: A HYBRID APPROACH EMPLOYING DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODELS." OpenSIUC, 2009. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/283.
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This study explored some of the critical success factors at the individual level for usage of PWS (Personal Web Server) systems. I tested core assumptions from Diffusion of Innovations theory for willingness to use new technology, and use some key concepts from the Technology Acceptance Model to reinforce DOI. I employed concepts of an empirically tested, valid, and reliable scale to measure willingness to use. The literature seems to indicate that information technologies are nearly always crucial to corporate strategy and performance. But there are still great chasms between the recognition of problems and the successful implementation of solutions. Therefore discovering what determines successful attitudes toward usage of such technologies at the individual level is critical to firm performance. There already exists an abundance of literature regarding information technology and various aspects of organizational performance. What was lacking was an analysis of how IT innovations are most productively adopted at the individual level, and how recognition of the critical success factors to usage of these technologies affects attitudes toward using them prior to adoption. In a global and increasingly fast-paced business environment, willingness to use IT innovations and the speed with which they are adopted can significantly affect competitive advantage. This was a theory building and explanatory study with the expressed intent to better understand the individual determinants of the success or failure of an IT innovation at the individual level. I studied PWS systems by employing independent variables of complexity, relative advantage, and trialability from Rogers, and using Davis's behavioral intent to predict willingness to use. The three attributes from Rogers were selected as the most face valid constructs, and Roger's rate of adoption outcome variable was excluded because it was deemed too time sensitive. Rogers's constructs of relative advantage and complexity have been demonstrated to be theoretically the same as Davis's perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use. I believe that the use of these variables effectively explained willingness to use at the individual level in a new way, which in turn is instructive toward organizational attitudes toward innovation. My findings showed that Relative Advantage, Complexity, and Trialability were all predictors of Willingness to Use a new technology. These findings as well as the interesting interactions of some of the independent variables should prove useful to those who seek to understand these phenomena within the crucial context of pre-acquisition of information systems. The intent was to explain Willingness to Use at the individual level in a new way, which in turn is instructive toward organizational attitudes toward innovation. It is my hope that the results of this research will be instructive to researchers, empiricists, and practitioners who are interested in pre-adoptive intents and behaviors.
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Ounsley, James, Kevin Laland, and Graeme Ruxton. "Investigating the relationship between social learning efficiency and the diffusion of innovations." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-198499.
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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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Azoulay, Pierre. "Three essays on the development and diffusion of pharmaceutical innovations." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/16761.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2001.Includes bibliographical references.
This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
The thesis comprises three essays on various aspects of the development and diffusion of pharmaceutical innovations, woven together by the idea that the production of clinical knowl- edge influences organizational design, pricing, and advertising decisions in the pharmaceutical industry - that it is an essential ingredient of pharmaceutical firms' technology strategy. The first essay studies why pharmaceutical firms partly contract out the operational aspects of clinical trials to Contract Research Organizations. Using detailed project-level data, I find that (1) outsourcing intensity is sensitive to surprises in the demand for clinical trials services; (2) data-intensive projects are more likely to be outsourced than knowledge-intensive projects; (3) firms that consistently increased their share of outsourced activity over time had more productive internal teams than those that did not. This last result draws attention to the perils of considering a single transaction as the unit of analysis when explaining shifts in firm boundaries.
(cont.) The second essay investigates how different sources of information influence the diffusion of new pharmaceutical products. Using a novel index of clinical-research output, I find that both marketing and published clinical results directly influence the diffusion process in the anti-ulcer drug market, but scientific outputs do not seem to be important drivers of firms' marketing efforts. The direct effect of science on demand implies strong private incentives for clinical research. In the third essay, Ernst Berndt, Robert Pindyck and I examine the role of consumption externalities in the demand for pharmaceuticals. These effects emerge when use of a drug by others affects its value or conveys information about safety and efficacy to patients and physicians. This can affect the rate of market diffusion for a new entrant, and lead to herd behavior whereby a particular drug can dominate the market despite the availability of close substitutes. We use data for anti-ulcer drugs to estimate a dynamic demand model and quantify these effects. We find that consumption externalities influence both valuations and rates of diffusion, but that they operate at the brand- and not the therapeutic-class level.
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Ounsley, James, Kevin Laland, and Graeme Ruxton. "Investigating the relationship between social learning efficiency and the diffusion of innovations: Investigating the relationship between social learning efficiency and thediffusion of innovations." Diffusion fundamentals 24 (2015) 37, S. 1, 2015. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A14554.
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Tellier, Albéric. "La communication externe dans le processus de diffusion de l'innovation technologique." Caen, 1995. http://www.theses.fr/1995CAEN0568.
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La problématique de base dans laquelle s'insère ce travail est celle des causes de succès de l'innovations. Le type d'innovation technologique qui est envisagé ici possède deux caractéristiques majeures : les technologies sont substituables et s'inscrivent dans un processus de compétition technologique. A l'intérieur de ce vaste cadre de réflexion qui consiste à étudier les stratégies et les manoeuvres entrepreneuriales pouvant favoriser la diffusion de l'innovation, cette recherche tente d'analyser un facteur encore peu abordé, celui des stratégies de communication externe. En effet, si certains domaines propres au processus de diffusion ont fait l'objet de nombreuses recherches, le positionnement concurrentiel, les stratégies de brevet et de normalisation, trop peu d'auteurs ont pour l'instant étudié la communication comme facteur déterminant pour l'avenir de l'innovation, se contentant souvent d'aborder ce dernier sous le simple angle des "effets d'annonce". L'objectif de ce travail est donc double. Il s'agit tout d'abord de montrer l'impact des stratégies de communication externe sur le résultat de la compétition technologique dans laquelle se trouve l'entreprise innovatrice. Ce rôle joué par le "facteur communication" est validé essentiellement par les travaux de l'école de la sociologie de l'innovation. Ensuite, on tente de montrer que les particularités du processus de diffusion de l'innovation obligent l'entreprise à imaginer une stratégie de communication spécifique et qu'il est nécessaire par là de dépasser les approches traditionnelles en matière de communication. Après voir mis l'accent sur la nécessité de soutenir l'innovation par une communication externe adaptée, ce travail propose un nouveau modèle de communication fondé sur une redéfinition du concept d'innovation, sur une utilisation réfléchie des moyens de communication et sur une reconception des cibles de la communication en fonction du degré de maturité des technologies constitutives de l'innovation. Ce modèle théorique, baptisé spiroïdal, est testé dans la deuxième partie de la thèse par des études de cas menées dans des secteurs industriels caractérisés par des situations de compétition technologique particulièrement tendues du fait de la présence des rendement croissants d'adoption. Il apparaît clairement que les entreprises confrontées aux problèmes de substituabilité des innovations et à ceux de la compétition technologique imaginent des stratégies de communication atypiques qui vont dans le sens des propositions de la première partie. Les résultats de cette recherche empirique sont ensuite confrontés avec les différents aspects du modèle théorique. Dans un chapitre final, on propose une synthèse des conclusions majeures issues du travail autour de la nécessité de reconcevoir la communication externe de l'innovationAs a problematics we have the causes of success of innovations for technologies which fit in a process of technological competition. Within this framework of reflexion, we try an analyse a factor which has little has been tackled : the external communication strategies. We first try to show the impact of external communication strategies on technological competition. Then we attempt to show that the firm must devise a specific communication strategy because of the particularities of the diffusion innovation and that it is necessary to go beyond the traditional approches of communication. We propose a new model of communication which is based on a redifining of the concept of innovation, on a thoughtful use of means of communication and on a reconceiving of communication targets. This model highlights three key-phases of communication according to the maturity level of technologies constituing innovation in the second part of the work, this theorical model - called whirling model - is tested through case studies carried out in industrial sectors where technological competition is tense because of increasing returns. It appears that firms facing problems of substitutability of innovations as well as problems of technological competition devise atypical communication strategies which confirm the proposals we have made in the first part
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Savery, Carol A. "INNOVATORS OR LAGGARDS: SURVEYING DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS BY PUBLIC RELATIONS PRACTITIONERS." Akron, OH : University of Akron, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=akron1123879994.
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Steel, A. C. "The diffusion of working time innovations in manufacturing and construction industry." Thesis, Brunel University, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.333199.
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Grindley, Peter Conrad. "A strategic analysis of the diffusion of innovations : theory and evidence." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.308388.
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Green, Champe Brockenbrough. "Adoption-diffusion of wildlife management innovations by nonindustrial private forestland owners." Thesis, This resource online, 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05042010-020203/.
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Toole, Jameson Lawrence. "The diffusion of innovations in the presence of geography and media." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78504.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2012.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-105).
Increasingly, the world we live in is digital, mobile, and online. As a consequence, many of your seemingly mundane actions are recorded, archived, and for the first time widely accessible to both the generators and curators of this information. From this fire hose of digital breadcrumbs, we can learn an enormous amount about ourselves as individuals and societies. Simple questions such as where we go, who we are meeting, and how we interact when we get there can be explored with incredibly high resolution and richness. Through new emiprical and analytic tools, we can leverage information generated from rapidly expanding online social networks, revealing the beautiful and often surprising complexity of everyday human behavior. We are able to harness data from millions of cell phone users to better understand how people move through cities, use roads, and interact with their neighbors. This thesis deals with quantifying, analyzing, and ultimately modeling sociotechnical systems. More specifically, it focuses on modeling the diffusion of innovations in time and space. While there has been much work examining the affects of social network structure on innovation adoption, models to date have lacked important features such as meta-populations reflecting real geography or influence from mass media forces. This thesis shows that these are features crucial to producing more accurate predictions of a social contagion and technology adoption at the city level. Using data from the adoption of the popular micro-blogging platform, Twitter, a model of adoption on a network is presented. The model places friendships in real geographic space and exposes individuals to mass media influence. Results show that homophily both amongst individuals with similar propensities to adopt a technology and geographic location is critical to reproduce features of real spatiotemporal adoption. Furthermore, estimates suggest that mass media was responsible for increasing Twitter's user base two to four fold. To reflect this strength, traditional contagion models are extended to include an endogenous mass media agent that responds to those adopting an innovation as well as influencing agents to adopt themselves. The final chapter of this thesis addresses the future. The ubiquity of digital devices like mobile phones and tablets is opening rich new avenues of research. The massive amounts of data generated and stored by these devices can be used to gain a better understanding of the complex socio-technical systems they sense. The same tools, techniques, and analogies utilized in the first three chapters of this thesis can now literally be taken to the streets. With mobile phones that record when and where activities take place, a new window has been opened on urban systems. Future work will explore how people use cities dynamically to improve transportations systems and inform urban planners. New measurements will help understand what cities do well, when they fail, and why. At the core of this new domain, is an interdisciplinary approach to complex socio-technical systems that combines many fields and methods. This view forms a more holistic view of problems and potential solutions. The thesis presented stands as an example of data, theory, and simulation for diverse areas can be combined to gain novel insights into human behavior.
by Jameson Lawrence Toole.
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Pelletier-Fleury, Nathalie. "Analyse économique et évaluation de la diffusion des innovations en télémédecine." Paris 11, 1998. http://www.theses.fr/1998PA11T063.
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@La situation en matière de télémédecine est paradoxale. On parle en effet de l’usage des nouvelles technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC) en pratique médicale depuis les années 70 sans qu'aucune application ne se concrétise en routine, dans un milieu médical pourtant traditionnellement innovant, et malgré l'idée communément admise que la téléconsultation, la téléexpertise, la télésurveillance seraient à même de répondre aux grandes questions inhérentes à la gestion des systèmes de santé, à savoir produire mieux ou aussi bien à moindre coût (Chap I). Une analyse économique des transformations organisationnelles majeures qu’induirait l’usage de ces nouveaux outils en pratique médicale courante, dans le contexte technique (absence de standards) et institutionnel actuel (problèmes de responsabilité médicale, de tarification), nous permet d 'expliquer, en nous appuyant sur l 'économie des coûts de transaction, la dimension organisationnelle de ce paradoxe. En effet, la télémédecine nécessiterait pour s'implanter de définir de nouveaux modes d'organisation des soins allant vers plus d’intégration et, en particulier vers l'élaboration. De formes contractuelles originales comme, par exemple, les réseaux de soins. De ce point de vue, c'est bien la restructuration de l’offre de soins qui devrait présider à l’implantation de la télémédecine, et non pas l’adoption de ces nouveaux outils qui seraient à l'origine de nouveaux modes de régulation (Chap II). Cependant, avant qu’elles ne diffusent, si tant est que les producteurs de soins puissent entendre sur de nouvelles modalités de coopération, l 'efficience des nouvelles pratiques que sous-tend la mise en œuvre d ' innovations en télémédecine reste à démontrer. C'est à partir de l’exemple de l'évaluation de la télésurveillance diagnostique du syndrome d'apnées du sommeil que nous soulevons dans cette thèse les problèmes méthodologiques posés par l’évaluation technique et économique des TIC, dans un contexte encore expérimental. Nous tentons d’apporter des éléments de solution à ces problèmes (Chap III)@Economie analysis and evaluation of the diffusion of innovations in telemedicine : The situation of telemedicine is paradoxical. The application of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in medical practice has been discussed since the 1 970s, though their actual use has never become routine. This is despite the fact that medicine is traditionally an innovative field, and that it is commonly stated that tele-consultation, tele expertise and tele-surveillance could even respond to the major problems relating to the management of health care systems, allowing for provision of health care which i s at least as good as present care, but at a lower cost (Chapter I). The use of new instruments is likely to bri ng about major organisational transformations in medical practice. Analysing these, on the basis of the economies of transaction costs, while taking into account the technical context (the absence of standards), as well as present institutional arrangements (relating to problems of medical responsibility), helps explain the organisational dimension of this paradox. Indeed, for tele-medicine to be adopted new modes of health-care organisation have to be defined that are grounded on greater integration, and especially on the formulation of original contractual procedures, such as the creation of health-care networks. (Chapter II). However, unless health care producers can agree on new forms of cooperation, then the efficiency of new practices, which the implementation of tele-medicine is supposed to bring about, remains to be shown. Using the example of tele-surveillance in the diagnosis of apnea sleep syndrome, this thesis sets out to examine the methodological problems arising from the technical and economie evaluation of ITCs, which are still within an experimental context. Subsequently the thesis attempts to provide some insights into the solutions to these problems (Chapter III)
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Teulon, Hélène. "Fonctions, concurrence et progres technique, la diffusion des innovations en materiaux." Paris, ENMP, 1992. http://www.theses.fr/1992ENMP0364.
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A travers l'etude d'innovations en materiaux dans l'industrie automobile, cette these caracterise la diffusion des innovations techniques comme une succession coherente d'innovations, organisees en arborescence de diffusion. Dans le cas des materiaux, l'analyse fonctionnelle des contraintes concurrentielles qui remontent vers l'amont des filieres industrielles permet d'expliquer l'orientation de cette arborescence. Une analyse historique confirme cette these et montre que les innovations recentes correspondent a des gains fonctionnels coherents avec le mode de croissance actuel des constructeurs automobiles, caracterise par la stabilite en volume de la demande, la differenciation fonctionnelle et l'augmentation des performances et du prix des produits. En amont des filieres, les fournisseurs de materiaux tendent d'adapter leurs procedes industriels tres rigides a la demande de variete et de flexibilite de leurs clients. Une methode de prospective technologique est proposee et appliquee a l'etude de la diffusion des plastiques dans les carrosseries. La derniere partie pose la question du moteur du changement technique, et, par des emprunts a la theorie systemique, precise certains mecanismes elementaires par lesquels la dynamique economique, caracterisee par les modes de croissance, et celle du systeme technique representee par les arborescences de diffusion, interagissent pour destabiliser simultanement les systemes technique et productif ou en construire de nouveaux
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Blinke, Jacob. "Diffusion of Sustainable Innovations : A Case Study of Optical Gas Imaging." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-279593.
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During the last two decades, innovations that contribute to sustainable development has received increasing attention in the markets and academia. The diffusion of sustainable innovations is a key element in society’s transformation toward a greener and more sustainable economy. Within industries that utilize industrial gases in their operations, there are thousands of fugitive emission sources that puts strain on the safety of the plant and the personnel. As most gases are combustible and hazardous to humans and the environment, these companies must have effective leak detection and repair (LDAR) programs. In recent years, a new gas detection technology called Optical Gas Imaging have emerged which can identify gas compounds safer and more efficient compared to older leak detection technologies. However, the rate of diffusion of the innovation has been slow and limited to oil and gas industries, even though many other industries such as steel, paper and pulp and chemical industries utilize gases as well. As such, this research has aimed to identify factors that influence the adoption of sustainable innovations within gas-utilizing industries. The qualitative data was gathered through semi structured interviews with gas-utilizing companies in Sweden and analyzed with interpretive methods. The results show that regulatory factors are a strong driver for the diffusion of sustainable innovations while characteristics of price, availability and type of innovationdecision works as barriers. The generated knowledge may contribute on how innovators of a sustainable innovations can overcome these barriers and improve the rate of adoption of sustainable innovations.Under de senaste två decennierna har innovationer som bidrar till hållbar utveckling fått ökad uppmärksamhet på marknaden och inom forskningen. Diffusionen av hållbara innovationer är ett viktig del av samhällets omvandling mot ett mer hållbart samhälle. Inom branscher som använder industriella gaser i sin verksamhet finns det tusentals flyktiga utsläppskällor som belastar anläggningen och personalens säkerhet. Eftersom de flesta gaser är brännbara och farliga för människor och miljö, är det viktigt att dessa företag har effektiva läckedetekterings- och reparationsprogram (LDAR). Under de senaste åren har en ny gasdetekteringsteknologi, Optical Gas Imaging, kommit fram som kan identifiera gasföreningar säkrare och effektivare jämfört med äldre tekniker för läckedetektering. Däremot, har diffusionsgraden för innovationen varit långsam och begränsad till olje- och gasindustrin, även om många andra industrier så som stål, papper och massa, och kemiska industrier också använder gaser som energi. Därför har syftet med denna stuie varit att identifiera faktorer som påverkar diffusionen av hållbara innovationer inom industrier som använder gaser. Den kvalitativa datan samlades in genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med företag i Sverige som använder gaser, där datan analyserades med tolkningsmetoder. Resultatet visar att lagar och regler är en stark drivkraft för diffusionen av hållbara innovationer medan innovationsegenskaper såsom ”pris” och nyckelfaktorerna ”tillgänglighet” och ”innovationsbeslut” agerar som hinder. Den genererade kunskapen från denna studie kan bidra till hur en hållbar innovationskapare kan åtgärda dessa hinder och förbättra dess diffusion i marknaden.