information technology (it) in the present era has affectedall aspects of organizations as a new strategy; therefore imagine anorganization without it and keeping abreast with new technologies seemsimpossible. the current research seeks to identify factors affecting theadoption of it innovation in governmental organizations. to this end theindices affecting it innovation adoption have been extr...

This study examined the relationship between (1) three indicators of climate for innovation (clinician skills, absence of program obstacles, policy-related incentives) and adoption extensiveness of both behavioral treatments for tobacco cessation (TC) and system-level support for TC in substance use disorder treatment programs, (2) a program's 12-step treatment orientation and adoption extensiv...

There is little doubt that IT innovation can be a driving force for economic growth. Economic theories promote the notion of innovation adoption, in which technological slipover from technologically advanced countries advance growth in less technologically advanced countries. The ability to adopt these technologies is often reliant on previous experience and knowledge. Thus capacity building ha...

Although the role of clients in stimulating construction innovation seems to be controversial, little has been known about their innovation adoption behaviour. This paper presents first results of an ongoing research project the aim of which is to shed more light on the adoption processes of construction clients. We build up a conceptual framework that describes innovation adoption as a communi...

The current literature suggests that the concept of consumer innovativeness is considered to be universally applicable. Innovators are believed to be novelty seekers and risk takers independently of their national identity, and therefore would be attracted to similar characteristics of an innovation across most countries. Though, research in intercultural marketing has long shown that cultural ...

This article presents a theoretical framework distinguishing four systematically different levels of Web Service technology adoption. The framework is related to Swanson’s IS innovation theory. Based on IS innovation theory the conjecture is made that each level of Web Service technology adoption has important differences in adoption requirements and potential outcomes. The framework is intende...

Fuel wood provides the main source of energy for cooking and space heating for over 80 percent of households living in Kenya. The heavy reliance on the biomass energy has exerted an imbalance in demand and supply consequently resulting in adverse environmental effects in Kenya. As part of innovation efforts, several energy-conserving technologies have been developed. A unique cook stove named M...

Exploration of the characteristics of innovation adoption in the context of social network will add new insights beyond the traditional innovation models. In this paper, we establish a new agent-based model to simulate the behaviors of agents in terms of innovation adoption. Specifically, we examine the effects of the network structure, homophily and strategy, among which homophily is a new top...

This paper illustrates why existing technology acceptance models are only of limited use for predicting and explaining the adoption of future information and communication technologies. It starts with a general overview over technology adoption processes, and presents several theories for the acceptance as well as adoption of traditional information technologies. This is followed by an overview...

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) System is very important to enhance healthcare services, improve cost-effectiveness, and accessibility of the healthcare. Therefore, study of the adoption of the CRM in healthcare at organizational level is necessary to identify factors that influence the CRM adoption. Hence, this study aims at proposing an extended adoption model of CRM systems in Malaysi...