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Technology identity: The role of sociotechnical representations in the adoption of medical devices

Ulucanlar, S.; Faulkner, A.; Peirce, S.; Elwyn, G. - In: Social Science & Medicine 98 (2013) C, pp. 95-105

This study explored the sociotechnical influences shaping the naturally-occurring adoption and non-adoption of device … using constructivist grounded theory methods. The study suggests that while adoption decisions are made within the … jurisdiction of healthcare organisations, they are shaped within a dynamic and fluid ‘adoption space’ that transcends …

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Product variety and technical change

Frensch, Richard; Gaucaite-Wittich, Vitalija - Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (IOS) - 2006

Several trade-based measures of product variety have recently been used implicitly to represent states of technology, promoting long-run growth. In this paper, we define the state of technology as the range of specialised production processes and propose the variety of capital goods available...

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Advertising Versus Sales In Demand Creation

Hochman, Gal; Hochman, Oded - Economics Department, Ben Gurion University of the Negev - 2009

Using an analytical model, we investigate the dynamics of a firm with market power whose advertisements and sales contribute to its customers’ stock of goodwill. An advertising campaign precedes the firm’s sales when customers are not familiar with its product, (e.g., movies), whereas sales...

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Values of organic producers converting at different times: results of a focus group study in five European countries

Padel, Susanne - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 7 (2008) 1/2, pp. 63-77

values of established and converting producers, it is argued that these are consistent with some aspects of adoption … diffusion model, but changes in external circumstances and the learning experience that conversion represents must also be …

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Assessment of individual, organisational and environmental variables in the implementation of business process redesign

Chan, W.Q.; Yung, K.L. - In: International Journal of Business Performance Management 1 (1999) 4, pp. 388-402

diffusion are used to construct the framework that includes variables at individual, organisational, and environmental level of …

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Social capital and the diffusion of learning management systems : a case study

Boland, Bill - In: Journal of innovation and entrepreneurship : JIE 9 (2020) 27, pp. 1-15

The diffusion and adoption process of a learning management system (LMS) athigher education institutes faces several … involved in the adoption process, and creating and implementing ameticulous diffusion plan to ensure a successful diffusion and … obstacles; some of which are unique tocontexts while others are shared experiences. This diffusion case study compares …

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Enhancing adoption of sustainable product innovations : addressing reduced performance with risk-reducing product modifications

Nagel, Christian Siegfried Anton; Heidenreich, Sven; … - In: Journal of business research : JBR 179 (2024), pp. 1-12

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Understanding consumers' adoption of mobile banking in Nigeria : an empirical investigation

Kyari, Adam Konto; Al Hudithi, Faisal Abdullah - In: International journal of learning and change : IJLC 14 (2022) 2, pp. 181-198

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Chapter 45 The Role of International Agricultural Research in Contributing to Global Food Security and Poverty Alleviation: The case of the CGIAR

Pingali, Prabhu; Kelley, Tim - In: Handbook of agricultural economics : volume 3: …, (pp. 2381-2418). 2007

facing the CGIAR in the decades ahead. Particular attention is paid to the existing evidence on the diffusion and impacts of …

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Chapter 4 The agricultural innovation process: Research and technology adoption in a changing agricultural sector

Sunding, David; Zilberman, David - In: Handbook of agricultural economics : volume 1, part A , …, (pp. 207-261). 2001

the economics of technology adoption in agriculture. Threshold models, diffusion models, and the influence of risk …The chapter reviews the generation and adoption of new technologies in the agricultural sector. The first section …, uncertainty, and dynamic factors on adoption are considered. The section also describes the influence of institutions and …

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