Social networking is a process and practice that draws people and organizations together in an electronic medium. This article explores social interaction-based theories to suggest a social networking participation model that may help organizations understand acceptance or rejection of...

In this paper, we reconsider the appropriateness of certain statistical analyses in innovation adoption studies and suggest that partial observability models may sometimes be more useful. The proposed models allow for a flexible specification of the process of adoption from one stage to two...

This paper analyses the impact of technology characteristics on the rate and speed of adoption. In a case study of the Meru district in Kenya, 17 dairy technologies are analyzed with respect to the influence of relative complexity, relative risk and relative investment characteristics on...

Litchi is an important crop in the mountainous part of northern Thailand yet its profitability has declined during the last 15 years. The replacement of litchi fruit orchards for seasonal flowers and vegetables has external costs related to increased levels of soil erosion, pesticides, and...

The level of perceived risk is acknowledged to determine the innovation adoption decision. Yet, despite being largely studied in a manifold of disciplines, we still have a poor understanding of its formation from a marketing perspective. This paper offers valuable insight on how perceived risk...

This paper presents an investigation of the relationships between the factors that drive the adoption of integrated, web-based demand chain management (DCM), as well as the relationship between web-based DCM integration and service innovation performance. Data was collected from 256 companies in...

This study provides a complementary perspective to conventional rational models of organizational buying behavior (OBB) by applying Lindblom's (1959, 1979) notions of muddling through and disjointed incrementalism to OBB. In doing so, the study develops a novel practice–theory framework of the...

This paper analyzes the diffusion of internet-based distance education technology (NETDE) among the US associate colleges. The study finds that an institution with experience in using an earlier generation distance education technology is more likely to adopt NETDE than an institution without...

The introduction of Mobile Payment Systems (MPS) has gained increasing attention from telecommunications and financial service firms. However, to date, end customer use of MPS has not developed extensively. Thus, the present investigation aims to explore the drivers of MPS acceptance among...

The purpose of this study is to explore the inhibitory factors that affect the implementation of Internet Banks (IBs) in Taiwan and provide suggestions for the banks that fail to implement internet banks. This study compiles the factors according to Rogers' Innovation Diffusion theory and the...