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bias, and loss aversion and household stated adoption of low to high stake energy efficiency technologies (EETs) (light … estimating EET adoption equations suggest that present-biased individuals are less likely to adopt EETs. They also provide (weak … EET adoption equations did not appear to cause omitted variable bias. …
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The study investigates the attitude of faculty members towards the adoption of the e-learning among instructors in …-to-face. The results show that instructors have positive disposition towards adoption of e-learning, but there is load of … adoption, blended approach seems to be a preferred option than full online. Finally, there is no significant difference in …
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This study assessed the determinants of intensity of adoption of Improved Rice Varieties (IRVs) and the effect of … variables that positively and significantly influenced the intensity of IRVs adoption include income from rice production … seed and information about the IRVs are also essential to increase the intensity of its adoption. Programmes to improve …
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There is exhaustive literature on technology adoption rates and the relationship between technology adoption and … relevant socioeconomic and policy variables. Yet adoption estimates derived from the application of standard techniques such as … outcome framework to data from about 400 households in Malawi to assess the patterns of diffusion and adoption of improved …
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farmers raises challenging questions regarding adoption, diffusion and scaling at farm level. In this paper, we used probit … predictors of MTM adoption in four countries spanning a north-south gradient in eastern and southern Africa (ESA): Ethiopia …, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi. We found that farmers' access to markets and social capital empirically predicted MTM adoption …
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individual EU countries. Key barriers to the adoption of low-energy houses include additional construction costs and uncertainty … surrounding actual energy and cost savings. In this paper, we econometrically analyze determinants of low-energy house adoption … countries. To our knowledge, this is the first empirical study of low-energy building adoption to rely on a demographically …
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impacts of access to mobile phones and the adoption of ICT services (including mobiles) using two approaches. First, following … the approach used by de Silva et al., and others who find a positive relationship between perceived impacts and adoption …, we model mobile phone adoption using a binary logistic approach. Finding that this relationship is not evident in the …
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Abstract We focus on the role of the price of basic local telephone service on broadband adoption, to determine whether … adoption. The analysis uses nationwide quarterly household-level survey data from 54,269 households. Using a multinomial logit … specification, our key result is that higher prices for basic local service are associated with higher rates of broadband adoption …
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When economic times get tough, businesses worldwide are compelled to review their organizational expenses and priorities and to strategically consider how best to save. Traditionally, Information Technology (IT) department is one area that would be affected negatively in the review. To better...
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discussed widely by a number of researchers. However, there is a genuine lack of knowledge management adoption and practice … knowledge, perception of knowledge management and the factors of knowledge management adoption and practice in the context of …” concerning knowledge management on employees’ attitudes toward its adoption was found to be insignificant in this study. It was …
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