presented in this paper was useful for practitioners in forging their analysis in a coherent way. Theories of innovation … diffusion are used to construct the framework that includes variables at individual, organisational, and environmental level of …

the process of advanced technology diffusion and adoption. Canadian firms generally trail their U.S. counterparts in the … adoption of advanced technology. There are many critical gaps in our knowledge and understanding of technological diffusion in … tradeoffs between supporting R&D and supporting diffusion in the presence of limited public funds to promote innovation merit …

This paper examines the diffusion of digital switches from 1983 to 1996. It expands upon the existing literature by … Cincinnati Bell. The data (graciously provided by DataQuest) indicate that the early period of adoption, which previous papers … have been unable to examine due to lack of data, is significantly different than the later period of adoption. In the early …

methodology which assesses the potential drivers of diffusion by the means of thematic analysis. Innovation diffusion theory and … the concept of rate of adoption enabled to measure the speed of smart meter diffusion throughout the time in individual …This paper maps the diffusion dynamics of smart meters in the Central and Eastern Europe (EU10) and develops …

policy instrument of the European Union has impacted innovation. Towards this end, we investigate the impact of the EU ETS on … research, development, and demonstration (RD&D), adoption, and organizational change. In doing so, we pay particular attention … from June 2008 until June 2009. We find that the innovation impact of the EU ETS has remained limited so far because of the …

2002. In addition, the adoption of new e-business technologies by firms creates opportunities to conduct innovation, either …This is a monograph that presents both a comprehensive literature review and original research results on the diffusion … and the implications of e-business technologies. The diffusion of e-business technologies among firms is regarded as part …

adoption of zero grazing innovation in Tot Division, Kenya. The problem of this study was that past innovation-diffusion … studies have had limited focus on the importance of interpersonal communication channels on diffusion and adoption of zero …’s general objective was to explain the efficacy of interpersonal communication in the diffusion and adoption of zero grazing …

innovation on the likelihood of success of the diffusion process. The authors used an agent based modeling approach to simulate … of management accounting innovations diffusion. The diffusion process is examined through a social network of nodes and … ties. Ties represent communication channels through which the diffusion flows and nodes represent organizational actors who …

of the global communications infrastructure. Modelling the diffusion of mobile handsets as a product category is becoming … less relevant as the market is approaching saturation especially in the developed countries. Simultaneously, the diffusion … compares the diffusion patterns of mobile handset features, using a longitudinal annual dataset of the penetrations of 15 …