We investigate the implications of technological innovation and non-diversifiable risk on entrepreneurial entry and optimal portfolio choice. In a real options model where two risk-averse individuals strategically decide on technology adoption, we show that the impact of non-diversifiable risk on the option timing decision is ambiguous and depends on the frequency of technological change. Compa...

Increased ADHD symptomology and lower IQ have been reported in internationally adopted (IA) children compared to non-adopted peers (Hostinar, Stellern, Schaefer, Carlson & Gunnar, 2012; Kreppner, O'Connor & Rutter, 2001). However, it is unclear whether these outcomes are due to institutional deprivation specifically or to co-occurring micronutrient deficiencies that disrupt brain development (F...

Received: 18 April 2008 Revised: 15 August 2008 2nd Revision: 27 January 2009 Accepted: 23 February 2009 Abstract This study presents an empirical investigation of factors affecting smalland medium-sized business (SMB) executives’ decision to adopt anti-malware software for their organizations. A research model was developed by adopting and expanding the protection motivation theory from health...

The adoption and meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs) are key objectives of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009 and the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan (1). This brief uses data from the American Hospital Association to describe trends in adoption of EHR technology among non-federal acute care hospitals from 2008 to 2015. It tra...

There has recently been a growing interest in IS innovation research regarding how institutional influences affect organizations’ adoption decisions under the label “organizational institutionalism”. However, there has been a lack of research regarding institutional influences on individual adopters in non-organizational adoption settings, although institutional theory's foundations apply to de...

This six-year study of the causes of technology adoption and its effect upon new venture growth explains anomalous past findings that new non-technology based ventures have been slow to adopt technology compared with established businesses. In contrast, I found that new ventures invest early in product design technology and low cost marketing technologies; however, they hold off adoption of pro...

abstract: this paper investigates the factors accelerating smes' adoption of e-commerce. initially we proposed a model that included three categories of factors including external environmental factors, internal environmental factors and technology specifications. in addition, we proposed ecommerce adoption stages in two levels of early adoption and institutionalization. based on surveying...

Mobile Data Services (MDS) encompass all non-voice value-adding services accessible through mobile networks. The adoption and mass acceptance of MDS has been a subject of discourse among academics and practitioners alike, especially when taking into consideration the non-unitary path that MDS adoption patterns have followed in different parts of the world. In view of this observation, our study...

Services offered through the mobile channel are increasing rapidly. However, limited understanding exists on the variation in adoption of these services. This study provides insights on this area by examining factors that influence the adoption of mobile banking services. Based on UTAUT, innovation diffusion, and ubiquitous computing framework, we identity accessibility, alertness, personalizat...