Fad-like technology adoption as a social action

Fad-like Technology Adoption as a Social Action

When technology adoption takes on fad-like characteristics it becomes critical to understand consumer behaviors due to the large swings in demand and expectations for the technology. Companies can see revenues skyrocket, only to fall just as fast without understanding the dynamics of the consumer adoption decision process. A model for fad-like technology adoption is described using the technolo...

Health care technology adoption and diffusion in a social context.

This article highlights mechanisms that may further sustainable technological development for the 21st century. The distributional effects associated with the adoption and diffusion of health care technologies are addressed wherein the capacity to capitalize on the health gains from the adoption of technology varies in society. These effects are caused by the actions of individuals as they segm...

Innovation as Social Action

The paper explicates the concept of innovation through the lens of social action. It is argued that the term ‘innovation’ carries within it certain semantic contradictions that cannot be resolved without recourse to the theory of social action underlying the process of innovation. By revisiting a number extant concepts and applications within innovation studies and unpacking these in the light ...

Strategic Technology Adoption under Technological Uncertainty

"Knowledge Management: The fad that forgot technology"

It has been argued that knowledge management's pre-occupation with technology had led the field to forget people and the inherently social nature of all knowledge practices. This paper argues however that such social activity is, in many contexts, necessarily mediated through technology and that technology is a powerful and available instrument to enrol in knowledge management initiatives. For ...