Bicycle sharing programs provide a sustainable mode of urban transportation. Although cities across the globe have developed these systems for their citizens and visitors, usage rates are not as high as anticipated. This research uses the technology acceptance model as the basis to understand one’s intention to adopt bicycle sharing programs. Using survey data derived from 421 participants in B...

Purpose – This paper aims to study the adoption of mobile technology in business and its determinants. A diagnostic tool for proper adoption of mobile technology is developed. Design/methodology/approach – Grounded on the fit-viability framework, the paper uses a multi-case study via the fit and viability dimensions to examine the success or failure of mobile technology applications in business...

We identified 7 theoretical models that have been used to explain technology adoption and use. We then examined the boundary conditions of these models of technology adoption when applied to the household context using longitudinal empirical data from households regarding their purchase and use decisions related to household technologies. We conducted 2 studies and collected 1,247 responses fro...

rain-water-harvesting is one of the means by which agricultural production can be increased to meet the growing food demands in all regions. the study indentified the factor affecting rain-water-harvesting technology adoption for irrigation and farmers practice in water harvesting against drought in lowland woreda, eastern hararghe, oromia region. both primary and secondary data were collected ...

it is a challenge for a farmer with limited resources to decide on the production of commodities and investment in the farm. transformation of smallholder subsistence agriculture, to market oriented value addition based agriculture is vital for poverty reduction in ethiopia. this study was initiated to explore the factors which contribute for the adoption of improved wheat and pepper varieties ...

The objective of this study is to assess the critical factors which influence adoption of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (AMTs) and identify hurdles and barriers which prevent smalland medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from accomplishing the desired goals of AMTs utilization. The proposed framework has synthesized previous studies and integrated related studies through conducting a comprehen...

The following issues frequently appear in the business process of manufacturing enterprises: the necessity and appropriate time of adopting information technology (IT). Based on Online Algorithms and competition analysis theory, this paper attempts to find out effective decision model for information technology adoption (ITA) when they cannot predict the time external IT will appear and any inf...

One of the challenges in developing an energy efficiency (EE) or demand reduction program is estimating the actual adoption of EE technologies by building owners and operators. The decision to adopt any particular technology is a complex interrelation of capital costs, financing and incentive availability, energy and cost savings, non-energy and cost benefits of the technology, and the risk pro...