This study applies the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) to the phenomenon of physician adoption of electronic medical records (EMR) technology. UTAUT integrates eight theories of individual acceptance into one comprehensive model designed to assist in understanding what factors either enable or hinder technology adoption and use. As such, it provides a useful lens thro...

The Economics and Information Systems literature on technology adoption often considers network externalities as one of the main factors that affect adoption decisions. The existing work assumes that potential adopters have a certain level of expectations about network externalities when they have to decide whether to adopt a particular technology. However, there has been little discussion on h...

The paper examines whether a firm is more or less likely to adopt conservation technology when input prices are stochastic. The results are critical to determining whether programs and contracts that reduce input price uncertainty may deter the adoption of conservation practices. An economic model of the technology adoption decision shows that the net effect of input price risk is ambiguous and...

The adoption rate of mobile payment technology is relatively low in the developing world, particularly in Jordan. The need to study why people in Jordan are unwilling to participate in its adoption is definitely imperative because the outcomes and conclusions of the current analysis could be thoughtfully and strategically utilized to improve and accelerate the adoption and diffusion of mobile p...

Smart grid technologies (SGT) comprise technologies from various domains, among others information systems (IS). IS can contribute decisively to upgrade the nowadays electromechanically controlled energy systems to electronically controlled networks (Watson, Boudreau and Chen 2010). However, to date the organizational adoption of SGT is rather limited. Thus, we developed a model based upon the ...

Rain-water-harvesting is one of the means by which agricultural production can be increased to meet the growing food demands in all regions. The study indentified the factor affecting rain-water-harvesting technology adoption for irrigation and farmers practice in water harvesting against drought in lowland woreda, Eastern Hararghe, Oromia Region. Both primary and secondary data were collected ...

Several studies reported disparities among patients in using healthcare technologies. Although some researchers cited demographic characteristics as possible factors responsible for these disparities, these factors alone may not provide a complete view of adoption issues. Thus, disparities among technology users remain a topic of interest to Health Informatics researchers. Although personality ...

Technology investment in the healthcare industry has targeted both transaction support systems, such as Electronic Medical Records (EMR), and decision support technologies, such as clinical data warehouses and data mining software. While EMR technology adoption has received considerable attention in research studies, decision support technology adoption determinants have received less attention...

It is a challenge for a farmer with limited resources to decide on the production of commodities and investment in the farm. Transformation of smallholder subsistence agriculture, to market oriented value addition based agriculture is vital for poverty reduction in Ethiopia. This study was initiated to explore the factors which contribute for the adoption of improved wheat and pepper varieties ...