Search Results - subject:"Diffusion of innovations theory"

Factors affecting the diffusion of integrated reporting – a UK FTSE 100 perspective

Robertson, Fiona Ann; Samy, Martin - In: Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal 6 (2015) 2, pp. 190-223

Purpose – This study seeks to investigate the likely adoption of integrated reporting (IR), in addition to highlighting the limitations of current reporting practices. In particular, the analysis in this study used the characteristics of diffusion of innovation theory to investigate how...

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Understanding news sharing in social media : An explanation from the diffusion of innovations theory

Ma, Long; Sian Lee, Chei; Hoe-Lian Goh, Dion - In: Online Information Review 38 (2014) 5, pp. 598-615

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to draw from the diffusion of innovations theory to explore multi-levels of … on diverse levels of influential factors. In particular, the research suggests the viability of the diffusion of … innovations theory to explain this pervasive global phenomenon. Further, the influential factors identified may help to stimulate …

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Improving technology acceptance modelling for developing communities using a systems engineering approach

Sarkani, Shahram; Mazzuchi, Thomas A.; Fletcher, Jordan - In: International journal of services technology and management 19 (2013) 1/2/3, pp. 63-80

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Exploring the determinants of the OSS market potential: The case of the Apache web server

Lakka, Spyridoula; Michalakelis, Christos; Varoutas, … - In: Telecommunications Policy 36 (2012) 1, pp. 51-68

A theoretical framework is proposed for the better understanding of the OSS global diffusion. Following a case study approach, the Apache web server's market potential is estimated, forecasted and examined in terms of the socio-economic factors determining its diffusion, across different...

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Subject librarians' perceptions of institutional repositories as an information resource

Dorner, Daniel G.; Revell, James - In: Online Information Review 36 (2012) 2, pp. 261-277

/methodology/approach – The researchers used the five attributes of innovations and the change agent concept, both drawn from Rogers' diffusion of … innovations theory, as the basis of semi‐structured interviews with nine librarians, spread equally across the humanities, social …

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