Background: Electronic Learning (E-learning), is the use of electronic technology in education via computer and the internet. Despite its slow adoption by faculty members, e-learning provides several benefits to individuals and organizations. This study was conducted to determine the factors influencing the adoption of e-learning by faculty members in Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. &...

artificial insemination (ai) is an important technique for breeding that has been extensively used in dairy farming worldwide. however, it has not been fully adopted in iran's dairy farms, especially in ardabil province. the main objective of this research was to study factors affecting adoption of ai in dairy farms of ardabil province. in order to predict the adoption of ai, technology ad...

The introduction of a new technology into an organization is often coupled with the formation of opinions of acceptance or rejection by individuals. Given the large costs incurred in implementing the technology, the challenge for organizations is to understand and promote the factors that lead to acceptance. The most prominent framework that addresses this issue is the Technology Acceptance Mod...

Information and communication technogies have led to dynamic changes in the way courts of law perform thier duty to deliver justice. Courts of law depend on the availability, comprehensiveness and quality of information relating to the case in reaching a conclusive and fair verdict. Courts will not be able to deliver justice in the cases where records are not properly managed; thus, depriving t...

Copyright 2006 by Ram Ranjan. All Rights Reserved. Readers may make verbatim copies of this paper for non-commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright notice appears on all such copies. Abstract This paper explores the issue of technology adoption in agriculture that is specifically targeted against invasive species. The analysis involves predicting the long term distribution ...

This six-year study of the causes of technology adoption and its effect upon new venture growth explains anomalous past findings that new non-technology based ventures have been slow to adopt technology compared with established businesses. In contrast, I found that new ventures invest early in product design technology and low cost marketing technologies; however, they hold off adoption of pro...

We study the lags with which new technologies are adopted across countries, and their penetration rates once they are adopted. Using data from the last two centuries, we estimate both the extensive and the intensive margins of technology adoption. We document two new facts: there has been convergence in adoption lags between rich and poor countries, while there has been divergence in penetratio...

We examine in a dyanmic model how a firm determines the optimal level of innovation, and how a firm chooses between innovation and imitation. This paper considers a local firm, which is competing with a foreign, more productive, firm in terms of quantity, and at the same time, the local firm is able to spend the optimal amount of resources on innovation, with the purpose of closing the technolo...

In small organizations, the decision to adopt a technology is often base on the acquisition cost or purchase price of a technology. The decision maker fails to access the needs of the organization and other costs associate with hardware and software acquisition. This case explores issues related to technology adoption by Gallery International, a privately own company in Singapore. Gallery Inter...