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organisations gain true value from the adoption and consumption of M-Business into their personal and working lives. Marketing to … date has primarily focused on understanding the diffusion of M/E-Business technologies, adopter categories and adoption … rates, whereas research in Information Systems (IS) often focuses on quantitatively predicting its adoption and usage by …
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Research into adoption, acceptance and consumption of Information Technology (IT) within its diffusion cycle has been … extensively studied in Information Systems (IS) and marketing. However, research often focused too narrowly on technology adoption … rates and drivers leading to technology adoption and acceptance. This paper discusses how understanding the social structure …
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This article is based on a socio-economic impact study of the introduction and adoption of tissue-culture (tc … developing country, such as Kenya. Adoption of tc technology in banana production in Kenya is considered a good example of …
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consideration of knowledge of adoption processes. Itis known from the literature that farmers’ goals and risk perceptions in … grazier motivations and risk perceptions influence the adoption of BMPs. Theresults demonstrate clear correlations between …
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The paper demonstrates a group incentive program to encourage farmer adoption of best management practices. It is … application differ from the simulated responses which in turn results in the willingness-to-Accept for adoption best management … demonstrate the benefits of sound management practices for larger adoption in the long run. …
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initiated.The paper uses data from a stratified random sample of 198 shea butter producers to assessthe adoption and impact of … adoption of each type oftechnology. A counterfactual approach drawing from a modern evaluation theory is used toevaluate the … availability of the family labor. The results also reveal that the adoption of thesetechnologies increases significantly the …
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Most adoption studies have employed cross-sectional data in a static discrete choice modellingframework to analyze why … adoption decision is made and thusdoes not incorporate the speed of adoption and the effect of time-dependent elements … inexplaining adoption. The adoption speed of an innovation is important in various aspects.Based on data from a survey of a random …
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sweet-potatoes (OFSP), and intensity of such adoption, by arepresentative sample of 340 farmers in the Busia and Rachuonyo …, knowledge on value addition and nutritional benefits, andavailability of vines were the key factors for adoption. The results … also suggest that participationin a value chain extension programme enhanced the probability of adoption. Factors …
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European Union (EU) retailers are setting global benchmarks for the production of fresh food, and are asking their suppliers for produce to be certified according to food safety and quality standards. Compliance to these standards for developing countries small-scale producers entail costly...
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more effective technology adoption incentives than conventional regulatory standards. We explore this issue for an … evidence that alternative policies affect the pattern of adoption in expected ways. Importantly, we find that the tradable … permit system used during the lead phasedown provided incentives for more efficient technology adoption decisions. Where …
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