Increasing popularity of online banking systems instead of traditional branch networking requires understanding customer behaviors as users of such systems. This research aims to investigate online banking acceptance among Bosnian university students by considering system, user, acceptance and...

Railroad access can accelerate the technological progress in the industrial sector and therefore induce structural change and urbanization, the two common features of modern economic growth. I examine this particular mechanism in the context of Japanese railroad network expansion and modern...

As the number of internet users increases by leaps and bounds, the importance of electronic commerce (e-commerce) channel intensifies among other sales channels. Internet enables products and services to reach large masses in a scalable way. Hence, both academicians and practitioners show great...

Der technologische Wandel stellt Organisationen vor die Herausforderung, Innovationen möglichst schnell produktiv zu nutzen und damit einen Wettbewerbsvorteil zu erzielen. Der Erfolg der Technologieeinführung hängt stark mit der Schaffung von Akzeptanz bei den Mitarbeitern zusammen....

This paper provides an overview of the social-psychological factors that are likely to influence the trust and acceptance of shared SAE Level 4 Automated Vehicles (AVs). It begins with a short summary of what influences users' engagement in ride-sharing for conventional vehicles, followed by the...

Die heutige Generation von Smartphones bietet ein breites Einsatzspektrum für ein Gesundheitsmonitoring von der Sammlung gesundheitsbezogener Daten bis zum Tracken von Gesundheitsaktivitäten. Hier ergibt sich aber ein "Dilemma der Techniknutzung": Gerade die Menschen, die im Alter auf Hilfe...

Given significant expenditures on education technologies, an important question is whether these products are adopted by their end users and are effective in practice. This paper studies the adoption, diffusion, and effects of one type of technology that is increasingly ubiquitous:...

One of the main goals of the "Energy Strategy 2050" in Switzerland is the exploitation of the existing energy efficiency potentials. The size of the efficiency potential strongly depends on the development and the adoption of energy-related innovations. The objective of this project is to...

Die Seniorenwirtschaft (Silver Economy) bekommt aktuell neuen Fahrtwind durch Entwicklungen im Bereich der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (IKT). Es besteht jedoch eine Diskrepanz zwischen Aufwendungen für Forschung und Entwicklung einerseits und Markterfolg auf der anderen Seite....

Energieversorger stehen vor grossen Herausforderungen. Sie müssen den Anteil erneuerbarer Energien im Elektrizitätsmix erhöhen und dabei die Netzstabilität gewährleisten, Effizienzziele erfüllen und dem Wettbewerbsdruck im freien Markt standhalten. Intelligente Energienetze, sogenannte...

The adoption of modern technologies in agriculture is crucial for improving productivity of poor farmers and poverty reduction. However, the adoption of modern technology has been disappointing. The role of value chains in technology adoption has been largely ignored so far, despite the dramatic...

Using administrative employee-firm-level data on the entire private sector from 1994 to 2007, we show that the labor market in France has polarized: employment shares of high and low wage occupations have grown, while middle wage occupations have shrunk. During the same period, the share of...

A dynamic new field for health related technologies has emerged over the past decade. Many innovations aim at assisting elderly persons in monitoring and managing their personal health status. Other technologies support these persons in their activities of daily life, and make them feel safe and...

During the last five decades, policy approaches towards food security have promoted input-intensive agricultural technologies to increase global food production. However, there are concerns about the environmental, social and economic sustainability of this strategy. Environmental degradation...

Global demand for food and farm commodities continues to grow, while land and other natural resources are becoming increasingly scarce. In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), rising population, decreasing per capita arable land, soil degradation and changes in weather patterns are the major challenges...

Produktinnovationen sind für Unternehmen von großer Bedeutung für deren langfristige Existenzsicherung. So ist fast die Hälfte aller deutschen Unternehmen innovationstätig und verfügt über hohe Innovationsausgaben. Den hohen Innovationsausgaben stehen hohe Misserfolgsquoten gegenüber....

"This book explores the applications of conscious innovation in organizations. It explores topics such as innovation initiatives, integrating human talent, prototyping, validation, lean operation, and evolution"--

This paper seeks to contribute to the debate on the impact of the adoption of information technologies (ICT) in poverty reduction by understanding how the poor obtain, share and use ICT on their everyday life - what we call the informational lives of the poor. It identifies the opportunities and...