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Innovation diffusion in state owned health: a study of IT adoption
England, Ian William - 2005
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438232
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Understanding the Adoption of Web-Enabled Transaction Processing by Small Businesses
Dembla, Pamila; Palvia, Prashant; Krishnan, Balaji - 2007
The promise of the Internet and e-commerce has led to the increasing use of the web for transaction processing. Many …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009459118
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Eine neue Klasse hybrider Innovationsdiffusionsmodelle
Grishchenko, Yulia - 2007
Die vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich mit Innovationsdiffusionsmodellen und deren Anwendung in der Marketingpraxis. Sie hat zwei Ziele: Einen Überblick über existierende Innovationsmodelle zu schaffen und ein neues besseres Modell zu entwickeln. Es wird ein neuer Klassifizierungsansatz...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467003
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The future effect of e-business on treasury and risk management systems and treasury management in South Africa
van Rooyen J.; Reitsma W. - 2004
'Internet' and 'e-business' are words that have become part of today's business world. Invariably we hear of the effect … implications for South Africa as an emerging economy, as it creates the possibility for better access to various financial … treasury departments. This is especially important for South Africa as a developing country as it may lead to a stronger …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009480476
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Trade finance as a barrier to SME internationalisation: special reference to African trade with China / Y. van Heerden
Van Heerden, Yvette - 2010
Africa. By overcoming the difficulties in obtaining trade finance, African SMEs will be able to expand into foreign markets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009456199
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Trade unions and the informal economy in Zambia: Building strength or loosing ground?
Heidenreich, Georg; Heidenreich, Georg - 2007
The increasing casualisation of labour forces trade unions globally to deal with a growing number of unprotected and unrepresented workers in what is dubbed by the unions, even if critically, as the informal economy. This paper assesses the impact and further potential of a direct and indirect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009485581
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Studies on late Quaternary environmental dynamics (vegetation, biodiversity, climate, soils, fire and human impact) on Mt Kilimanjaro
Schüler, Lisa - 2013
Zur Rekonstruktion der jungquartären Landschaftsentwicklung am Kilimanjaro werden Sedimente aus Paläoböden am Mt Kilimanjaro untersucht, um die lokale und regionale Ökosystem-, Klima-, Feuerdynamik in einem größeren Rahmen zu verstehen. Desweiteren soll die Reaktion der Ökosysteme auf...
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The rationalities behind the adoption of cyberinfrastructure for e-science in the early 21st century U.S.A.
Browning, Larry D. (contributor) - 2010
Based on grounded theory and thematic analysis of 70 in-depth interviews conducted over 32 months (from November 2007 to June 2010) with domain scientists, computational technologists, supercomputer center administrators, program officers at the National Science Foundation, social scientists,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429337
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How adoption rates, timing, and ceilings affect the value of ENSO-based climate forecasts.
Rubas, Debra J.; Mjelde, James W.; Love, H. Alan; … - 2008
An international wheat trade model incorporating climate variability is used to simulate different scenarios when wheat producers in the USA, Canada, and Australia adopt El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO)-based climate forecasts for use in production decisions. Adoption timing and rates are...
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