The aim of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of innovative programmes in construction. The term 'best practice' is commonly used in industry in to describe and disseminate cases where high levels of performance have been achieved. Several terminologies are used to describe this phenomenon, the best practice being the most widely used term. Best practices usually stimulate a desire in o...

This paper extends the disruptive information technology innovation model (DITIM) by exploring the impact of adoption timing on innovation outcomes within software development organizations during a disruptive innovation cycle. The DITIM suggests that radical changes in computing platforms result in pervasive and radical innovations in software development organizations across three innovation ...

OBJECTIVE The U.S. substance-abuse treatment system has been slow to adopt medications for the treatment of alcohol-use disorders (AUDs). The objectives of this study are to (a) determine how the inherent characteristics of injectable naltrexone (i.e., relative advantage, complexity, trialability, observability, compatibility) shape organizational-level decisions to adopt the medication and (b)...

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In order for the innovation process to be successful, not only do innovations need to be developed and reached the market, but, once they are available for users, they have to spread on a large scale. In the innovation literature, a complete explanation is lacking of why some innovations reach a phase of large-scale diffusion faster than others, including both actorand system-level components. ...

Cloud computing is a new information technology (IT) paradigm that revolutionizes traditional IT provisioning with its cost-reducing, elastic provisioning, and ubiquitous access features. With that promising propaganda, more and more firms are planning to adopt cloud services. Therefore, a thorough understanding of cloud computing adoption from a firm’s point of view is very important. Although...

the purpose of the study was to identify and prioritize the educational needs and support needed by agricultural extension agents in isfahan, islamic republic of iran. the target population for the study consisted of s3 agricultural extension agents in isfahan province. census population were used therefore, sampling procedures were not utilized and genera i izability of the results was lim...

BACKGROUND Bridging the knowledge-to-practice gap in health care is an important issue that has gained interest in recent years. Implementing new methods, guidelines or tools into routine care, however, is a slow and unpredictable process, and the factors that play a role in the change process are not yet fully understood. There is a number of theories concerned with factors predicting successf...

Knowledge Management (KM) adoption theory, research and practice appears to have its primary foundations in generic organisational change theory. Recent research into KM adoption by individuals indicates diffusion of innovation theory may better explain individual adoption. This paper presents the Extended KM Adoption (EKMA) model and proposed research to test and further develop this model. Th...

2 0 0 7 • Vo l I I I s sue IV echnological innovation often stimulates economic growth by creating new products, improving efficiency, and opening doors to new markets. Yet many rural communities believe these advantages are off limits to them—because their towns are either too small or too remote for their entrepreneurs to create technological innovations. In reality, though, the advantages of...