The adoption of information technology represents a problem of magnitude to small business entrepreneurs. Situation they are facing is different from larger corporations, making technology adoption behavior different from them. This study reports on antecedent drivers of small business adoption of Internet technologies. A behavioral model of innovation acceptance was developed with its foundati...

When technology adoption takes on fad-like characteristics it becomes critical to understand consumer behaviors due to the large swings in demand and expectations for the technology. Companies can see revenues skyrocket, only to fall just as fast without understanding the dynamics of the consumer adoption decision process. A model for fad-like technology adoption is described using the technolo...

Various models in Information Systems (IS) research seek to understand why individuals embrace or resist the adoption or use of a technology. Different models analyze the factors shaping user intentions at different stages of technology adoption and use. Yet, less is known how the factors shaping adoption intention subsequently evolve into continuous usage intention as users become (more) famil...

Although Information Systems IS research has paid attention to the understanding of users’ adoption of technology, researchers have had a minimal focus upon the application of various adoption models that study a consumer’s adoption of technology. An attempt to fill this gap is undertaken in this research. Therefore, the aim of this study is to provide a comprehensive review of the extant infor...

This paper represents research work in progress. The factors that influence an individual’s decision to begin using a certain type of technology have come under much study. Several theoretical models, commonly referred to as technology adoption models, have been developed to understand these factors in hopes of successfully predicting the use of an information system prior to launching the cost...

This paper theoretically investigates whether improved access to the domestic market speeds up new technology adoption by a foreign firm adopts new technology. In our model, foreign firms choose between exporting and foreign direct investment (FDI) to serve the domestic market. In the absence of other foreign firms, a reduction in the fixed cost of FDI promotes and accelerates technology adopti...

During the past few decades, different forms of technology based self-­‐tracking have become increasingly common but received little attention in academic research. In this study, we aim to address this gap by examining the adoption and adoption interests of four different ...

The motivation of this paper is to explore the influence farmers’ endowments and technology perceptions on green production adoption behaviors. Based a survey 471 grain farmers in main grain-producing areas Shandong Province, Heckman model was used empirically analyze their behavior technologies, moderating effect perception relationship between two further investigated. study showed that: (1) ...