Rapid innovation is changing the array of financial services and payment options available to customers. To examine the driving forces behind the surge of innovation and the adoption of new technology, the Payment Cards Center and the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia hosted a conference on “Innovation in Financial Services and Payments” on May 16-17 of this year.

In this global world, diffusion & adoption of new product innovation have become intricate and involves multifaceted process, as consumers demand a broad range of choices. So, this has generated enthusiasm among researchers and business practitioners while studying and implementing diffusion & adoption of product innovation. Even though diffusion & adoption is known as one of the most important...

This exploratory study identifies factors that influence the adoption and diffusion of intranet technology. A comparative case study of bipolar organizations is used to identify crucial implementation factors and create an innovation adoption model. A strategic approach for the adoption and diffusion of intranet technology is then presented.

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study is to identify the role of individual innovation to demographic variables for determining IT adoption behaviors. This study also examines the effect of individual innovation on IT adoption behaviors across IT types. METHODS To verify the invariant effect of individual innovativeness, two groups of persons working in the health care field were surveyed. The...

This study explores the phenomenon of chasm in the marketing process of discontinuous inno vations. Drawing on Moore’s concept of chasm crossing, an empirical analysis is performed using the data gathered from a survey of potential users of satellite DMB. First, the demand of satellite DMB is forecasted. Then, the demand changes in different innovation adopter groups are deter mined from the co...

The topic of Web Portals, despite appearing to cover quite a narrow area, is an extremely diverse one. Amongst other things, it covers the technology of portals, how portal software is implemented and the many and varied applications and business uses to which portals can be put. This chapter investigates various approaches to portals research, concentrating on research related to the human asp...

Knowledge management strives for effective capture and application of organizational knowledge, a resource imperative in sustaining organizations. To better achieve knowledge management initiatives, examination of factors influencing adoption and usage of knowledge management systems (KMS) are of great interest. Implementation of technological solutions considered organizational innovation is s...

NegotiAuction, a computer system which combines aspects of auctions and negotiations, is expected to overcome limitations in online reverse auctions and multi-attribute online reverse auctions. However, no studies have been conducted to investigate its possible adoption. This study has drawn on an extensive review of literature on theories about innovation adoption, and has proposed a conceptua...

This paper studies the diffusion of WorkFinder, an intelligent task recommendation system, in Wikipedia. We investigate both factors that predict who adopts WorkFinder and its impact on adopters’ future contributions to this online community. Analyzing logged data about participants’ activities in Wikipedia, we found that both individual characteristics and social ties influence adoption. Speci...