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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.
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01 Jan 2015
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors suggest an improved policy pathway for a higher adoption of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in Sweden by using the Multi-Level perspective, which shows that this is the result of the technology neutrality of the Swedish government.
Abstract: This study suggests an improved policy pathway for a higher adoption of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in Sweden. By use of Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovations it was shown that Sweden’s current policy is ineffective due to equal incentives on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and battery electric vehicles. In conjunction with Rogers’ theory, Multi-Level perspective shows that this is the result of the technology neutrality of the Swedish government. Norway, with higher incentives which only focus on BEVs, has a greater adoption rate of BEVs. However, the high incentives in Norway come along with the drawback of disturbing the adoption process. The incentives make adopters use the technology only because of financial reasons without questioning the compatibility and complexity of the technology.In order for Sweden to reach its goal of a fossil independent car fleet in 2030, this study suggests a policy where focus is put on supporting niche-markets rather than supporting individuals, as Norway does. Within the niche-market the BEV can develop to become a competitive technology. When competitive, BEV can replace the fossil fuel dependent vehicles currently used without disturbing the adoption process.
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TL;DR: Rogers’s Diffusion of Innovations Model can be used to plan and implement community-focused interventions into the cultures of developing nations, specifically malaria prevention in Zambia.
Abstract: Transcultural nursing educators can be change agents for health issues in other cultures. Yet unfamiliar disease processes and the foreign environment provide challenges that must be overcome to achieve a lasting, effective, and positive change. Rogers's Diffusion of Innovations Model can be used to plan and implement community-focused interventions into the cultures of developing nations, specifically malaria prevention in Zambia. Transcultural nurse educators could use concepts from the model to effect change in other cultures or communities.
3 citations
01 Jan 1997
TL;DR: An European wide dissemination action which aimed at spreading quality management and software process improvement approaches among IT organisations has been accomplished and what lessons can be learned for similar actions in the future is analyzed.
Abstract: This paper’s objective is to analyse an European wide dissemination action which aimed at spreading quality management and software process improvement approaches among IT organisations. We investigate to what extent this mission has been accomplished and what lessons can be learned for similar actions in the future. For our analysis we use Rogers’ widely cited model of diffusion. Thus, a secondary outcome of our investigation is an appraisal of the suitability of this model to plan and perform diffusion actions.
3 citations
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23 Apr 2013
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed that self-efficacy is the missing underlying psychological factor in innovation diffusion models of higher education, based upon research conducted in the fields of innovation-diffusion in higher education.
Abstract: In this research, it was proposed that self-efficacy is the missing underlying psychological factor in innovation diffusion models of higher education. This is based upon research conducted in the fields of innovation-diffusion in higher education, technology adoption, self-efficacy, health and behavioral change. It was theorized that if self-efficacy is related to adoption, it could provide a quick-scoring method for adoption efficiency and effectiveness that would be easy to administer. The innovation-diffusion model used in this study was Hall and Hord’s (1987) Concerns Based Adoption Model (CBAM) and it’s Seven Stages of Concern (SoC) About an Innovation. The SoC measures a user’s perception of—and concerns about—an innovation over time. The self-efficacies under study were general, teaching, and technology. The scales used in this research instrument were Chen’s New General Self-Efficacy (NGSE), Prieto’s College Teaching Self-Efficacy Scale (CTSES), and Lichty’s Teaching with Technology Self-efficacy scale (MUTEBI), respectively. This research hoped to uncover a relationship between self-efficacies and a Stage of Concern in the adoption of an instructional technology innovation, Google Apps for Education, at a large university institution. Over 150 quantitative responses were collected from a pool of 1,713 instructional faculty between late Fall
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