Diffusion of innovations

About: Diffusion of innovations is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2139 publications have been published within this topic receiving 191397 citations. The topic is also known as: diffusion of innovation & diffusion of innovations theory.

The role of organizational culture in innovation adoption: teaching through the internet in specialized schools of business

Abstract: This study examined the role that organizational culture plays in the process of innovation adoption within specialized schools of business, which focus on the professional education of mid-career adults Faculty (n = 451) at these schools were surveyed about their perceptions of program culture as well as their perceptions and adoption of nine Internet-based innovations used in their teaching and of four Internet-based course-content topics The conceptual model guiding this study synthesized Rogers' (1995) diffusion of innovations model with the Cameron & Ettington (1988) organizational culture model (based on the Competing Values Framework) The ability to predict adoption using this model was tested through linear regression The presence of the Adhocracy culture (innovation and development, individual initiative, and unique outputs), and the absence of the Hierarchy culture (formal procedures, success measured by efficiency, and predictability in management), were significant in predicting adoption of Internet-based course content, typically a group decision Also significant were perceptions that the innovation was easy to try, positive opinions of administrators and faculty at the respondents' institutions, and race (being white) Culture was not found to predict the adoption of the Internet for teaching, a more solitary pursuit, but was predicted by perceptions of an easy-to-try innovation, by lower-ranked, white faculty who have a propensity to adopt innovation early, working in social systems that use individual decisions These schools are predominantly Hierarchy culture types, which likely impedes strategic moves toward Internet innovations in teaching Future research is suggested

Predicting diffusion of innovations with self-organisation and machine learning

Abstract: Lappeenranta University of Technology Department of Information Technology Jarmo Ilonen Predicting diffusion of innovations with self-organisation and machine learning Master’s thesis 2003 75 pages, 24 figures, 6 tables and 2 appendices. Supervisors: Professor Heikki Kalviainen, Professor Seppo Pitkanen

Investigating Internet Adoption and Implementation by Malaysian Hotels: An Exploratory Study

Abstract: Based on the growing importance of tourism to Malaysia’s economy and the increasing use of the Internet in tourism, this study investigated the adoption and implementation of the two most popular Internet application, email and websites, by Malaysian hotels. Diffusion of innovations laid the theoretical foundation that drove this dissertation. Using two research streams, adoption and diffusion modelling, this dissertation addressed four research questions related to Malaysian hotels’ Internet adoption and implementation. In addition, this study applied the Miles and Snow (1978) typology to investigate relationships between business strategic types with email and website adoption and implementation. The Miles and Snow (1978) typology classified hotels into one of four business strategic types: Prospector, Analyser, Defender and Reactor. Finally, this study validated a temporal variable, website age, to investigate evolving website use. The literature review helped set up fifteen hypotheses. Using a triangulation approach to address the research questions, the dissertation began with an explorative study with 17 representatives from the Malaysian hotel industry. An empirical study using four independent data sources mail survey, website features, email responses, and website age tested the hypotheses. The adopter study investigated relationships among hotel characteristics and business strategic types with Internet adoption. The results showed hotel characteristics size, rating and affiliation and business strategic types related positively with email and website adoption. Large, high rated, affiliated and Prospector hotels led the email and website adoption. This result supported the diffusion of innovation theory on the relationship between organisational characteristics and business strategic types with technology adoption. The diffusion modelling study looked into hotels’ implementation of email and websites by investigating the presence of 22 website and 13 email reply features, and investigating

Is Transdisciplinary Education Engaging the 21st Century Engineering Student

Abstract: Objective evidence shows whether contemporary engineering students are engaged by transdisciplinary education. This is done by first using a diffusion of innovations approach that isolates “transdisciplinary engineering” occurrences on the Internet from occurrences of disciplinary engineering, and then showing trends, forming conclusions, and making recommendations.