• International Journal of Railway
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.80-92
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• 2009

Successful market adoption of rail freight transport innovations that might offer opportunities for market share increase is the focus of this paper. Firstly, seen from a theoretical point of view, it is not incremental innovations but radical organizational and transformation innovations that are likely to increase the market share of rail freight transport. Secondly, the particular inovations that offer some success potential for market adoption are: dedicated infrastructure, the fixed timetable, locomotive upgrades, and INTERFACE. Thirdly, unfortunately, the opportunities to increase the market share of rail freight transport appear to be limited.

• Asian Journal of Innovation and Policy
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.58-84
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• 2017

This article aims at demonstrating location specific approach for agricultural technology promotion and adoption in improving the livelihood of the small farmers in the haor basin and coastal belt of Bangladesh. Innovative technologies that have potentials are initially screened by ex-ante investigation and instrumented by the business model canvas, which is used as a bottom-up approach for sustainability of the adoption of proposed technology innovations. Village-level extension farmers, sub-district extension officers and farmers' cooperative are the unique and central features to the business models and forward linkages. Extension service, power tiller, low-lift pump, sunflower, shallow tube well, quality seed, forward linkage for farmed duck eggs, live ducks and open catch fish etc. are the suggested potential technology innovations for the small farmers. The technology adoption business model can be reinvented for different locations within or beyond the country considering the local agricultural problems and prospects for greater sustainability.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.240-247
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• 2023

More than 40 years have passed since the description of the first "free abdominoplasty flap" for breast reconstruction by Holmström. In the meantime, surgical advances and technological innovations have resulted in the widespread adoption of autologous breast reconstruction to recreate the female breast after mastectomy. While concepts and techniques are continuing to evolve, maintaining an overview is challenging. This article provides a review of current trends and recent innovations in autologous breast reconstruction.

• 한국경영과학회지
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.107-121
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• 2015

Diffusion of innovation is the process in which an innovation is communicated through certain channels over time among the members of a social system. The literatures have emphasized the importance of interpersonal network influences on individuals in convincing them to adopt innovations and thereby promoting its diffusion. In particular, the behavior of opinion leaders who lead in influencing others' opinion is important in determining the rate of adoption of innovation in a system. Centrality has been recognized as a good indicator that quantifies a node's influences on others in a given network. However, recent studies have questioned its relevance on various different types of diffusion processes. In this regard, this study aims at examining the effect of a node exhibiting high centrality on expediting diffusion of innovations. In particular, we considered the situation where two innovations compete with each other to be adopted by potential adopters who are personally connected with each other. In order to analyze this competitive diffusion process, we developed a simulation model and conducted regression analyses on the outcomes of the simulations performed. The results suggest that the effect of a node with high centrality can be substantially reduced depending upon the type of a network structure or the adoption thresholds of potential adopters in a network.

• 정보기술응용연구
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.71-90
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• 2001

혁신에 대한 연구는 다양한 학문 분야에서 오랫동안 이루어져 왔다. 경영정보학에서도 정보기술의 도입과 활용 현상을 설명하기 위해 기존의 혁신 연구 이론과 결과를 수용하고 있다. 그러나 기존의 혁신 이론은 정보기술 혁신을 설명하는데 있어 한계가 있고 정보기술 혁신의 특성을 제대로 반영하지 못한다는 비판을 받아왔다. 본 연구는 이러한 문제점을 바탕으로 기존의 정보기술 혁신 연구 결과를 종합하여 정보 기술 혁신 특성을 제시하고 경영자를 대상으로 그 특성에 대한 인식을 조사하였다. 분석결과는 일반 혁신보다는 정보기술 혁신에 있어 지식장애 요인이 강하게 나타났으며 혁신 도입 결정요인은 일반 혁신과 정보기술 혁신상의 차이를 발견할 수 없었다.

• 한국기술혁신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국기술혁신학회 2000년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.123-135
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• 2000

• 한국문헌정보학회지
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.5-23
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• 2016

As new technologies change a society, librarians need to understand and adapt to technology innovations. However, most innovations that librarians are supposed to adopt are government-driven or top-down changes; and there have been very few studies conducted to identify any patterns or consistencies in librarians' perceptions of innovation. This paper, therefore, has two research purposes. First, it introduces the Concern Based Adoption Model (CBAM) as one method to gain a deeper understanding of how librarians see such changes. Second, this study identifies school librarians' concerns regarding digital textbooks in South Korea applying the CBAM theory. The test signifies that school librarians present a typical non-user profile, and the pattern anticipates a potential resistance to digital textbooks. Also, it discovers the less experienced and innovator librarians had higher concerns across every stage. The findings underscore a need of various interventions. The CBAM theory suggests, in terms of intense Stage 0 and 1, it is required for school librarians to have events to gain information about digital textbook implementation. Regarding targeted interventions, since the biggest gaps occurs in Stage 4, Consequence and Stage 5, Collaboration, according to school librarians' experience and adoption style, new school librarians need stronger engagement with the community, which including associations, mentors or peer support, and collaborating with public libraries; innovator school librarians require opportunities to test and present their use of digital textbooks (Hall and Hord 1987).

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.125-142
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• 1999

The increased investment in technological innovations makes the investigation of factors affecting technology adoption more interesting. Several perspectives have been proposed to explain the determinants of information technology adoption. While the traditional innovation diffusion research streams try to explain and predict adoption behavior with the adopter's perceptions about the characteristics of the innovation itself, critical mass theorists argue that adoption behavior as a collective action is based on what their business partners are doing and whether there exists enough critical mass to justify the investment. Drawing on theses two perspectives, this study investigates the decision criteria in the adoption of information technology as innovation and factors affecting the decision criteria. The survey results reveal that the adoption behavior is affected both by innovation characteristics and by critical mass's activity. Correlation analysis, t-test, and stepwise regression models also show that as the environmental uncertainty is getting higher, adoption decision is affected more by what others are doing, and that highly competitive organizations seem to play the role of critical mass.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.119-133
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• 2015

본 연구의 목적은 탐색적 연구방법을 통해 지방정부의 LID 적용에 영향을 주는 인자를 밝히는데 있다. 이를 위해서 미국 버지니아주의 지방정부 10곳을 사례조사지로 선정하여 LID 적용정도를 구분하였고, 이에 영향을 주는 요인으로 LID의 특성, 지방정부의 특성, 지방정부의 동기요인, 지방정부 외부의 영향 등을 혁신의 확산이론을 바탕으로 발전시켰다. 지방정부의 LID 적용정도 및 영향인자는 우수관리관련조례, 회의록, 인터뷰와 그 밖의 지자체 문서를 바탕으로 평가하였다. 연구결과에 따라 높은 LID 적용정도를 보인 지방정부 사례의 경우 해당 지방정부와 지역 커뮤니티에서 LID를 적극적으로 옹호하는 챔피언의 역할이 매우 크게 나타났다. 반면에 중간 및 낮은 정도의 LID 적용상태를 보인 지방정부의 경우는 외부적 요인 즉, 주정부의 강제적 법적규제가 중요한 요인으로 작용했으며 명확한 LID 적용모델에 대한 요구가 높게 나타났다.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제10권16호
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• pp.149-158
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• 1987

The Adoption/Diffusion of Innovations(New Product), a topic of study and research that has frown rapidly in the past few decades, deals with how a new product is adopted in a society. It is of high importance to marketing organizations because New Products must be brought out continuously in order to service. The purpose of this paper is to examine the Adoption/Diffusion Models for New product which will help to analyze the Adoption/Diffusion process of Adopters. There are a number of models that, with varying degrees of success, have been used to predict market acceptance of new product. In this paper, following types of new product Adoption/Diffusion Models was suggested. (1) Adoption Models : The Alternative Models of Adoption. The Rogers Model of the Innovation Decision Process. (2) Diffusion Models : First Purchase Models(Basic Models, Extension of the Basic Models), Repeat Purchase Models