Essays about: "early adopters innovation"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 24 essays containing the words early adopters innovation.

1. 11. Motivational Drivers for Early Adoption of Management Accounting Innovations among Incompatible Organisations: When Organisational Culture and Innovation Characteristics Do Not Fit

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Josefin Andersson; Hannes Larsson; [2018-07-02]
   Keywords : Adoption; Early adoption; Diffusion; Management accounting innovations; Balanced Scorecard; New-institutional theory; Incompatibility; Organisational culture; Innovation-decision process;

   Abstract : Previous research has not been able to uncover what motivates incompatible organisations to adopt a management accounting innovation (MAI) in the early stages. In this study we investigate early adoption and the motivational drivers among four organisations that, by not having the same values and beliefs as those inherent in the MAI, are considered to be incompatible. READ MORE

3. 12. E-book market adoption in Sweden

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

   Author : Gabriel Bergqvist; Diego Fernando Botero Aristizábal; [2018]
   Keywords : e-book;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the knowledge about why customers select e-books, paper books or audiobooks, and what differences exist for different customer groups. Considering that publishing is a really old business, well established hundreds of years before the internet, it is not surprising that disruptive new concepts as e-books, audiobooks and the internet require the companies to change their way of doing and looking upon business. READ MORE

4. 13. Hyperloop in Sweden : Evaluating Hyperloops Viability in the Swedish Context

   University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)

   Author : Fredrik Magnusson; Fredrik Widegren; [2018]
   Keywords : Hyperloop; Hyperloop in Sweden; Transportation; Infrastructure; Transport Market Dynamics; The Swedish Transport Market; New Mode of Transportation; Emerging Technologies; Disruptive Innovation; Diffusion of Innovation; Characteristics of Diffusion; Technical Transition; Socio-technical Transition; Transformational Pressure; Window of Opportunity; Multi-Level Perspective MLP ; Technology Readiness Level TRL ; Hyperloop; Hyperloop i Sverige; Transport; Infrastruktur; Transportmarknadens Dynamik; Den Svenska Transportmarknaden; Nya Transportsätt; Framväxande Teknik; Disruptiv Innovation; Diffusion av Innovation; Egenskaper för Spridning av Innovation; Teknisk övergångsteori; Socio-teknisk övergångsteori; Transformationstryck; Möjlighetsfönster; Perspektiv i Multipla Nivåer MLP ; Teknisk Mogenhetsnivå TRL ;

   Abstract : Transportations role in society is increasingly important and today it has a prominent role in business, citizens lives as well as in the world economy. The increasing globalization and urbanization puts significant pressure on the existing transport system, with increasing demand for high-speed travel. READ MORE

5. 14. Facebook at Work – Does It Work? : Lessons from Early Adopters of the Enterprise Social Media Platform Workplace by Facebook

   University essay from

   Author : Maja Persson; [2018]
   Keywords : Enterprise Social Media; Coworker Communication; Internal Communication; Knowledge Sharing; Social Capital;

   Abstract : Through a qualitative case study, this paper explores how early adopters at the non-governmental organization Save the Children used the enterprise social media (ESM) platform Workplace by Facebook and identifies some challenges and opportunities. Data was collected through semistructured interviews and analyzed together with platform-generated user data, based on an affordance approach using three metaphors developed by Leonardi et al. READ MORE

6. 15. 4D BIM ADOPTION : THE INCENTIVES FOR AND BARRIERS TO 4D BIM ADOPTION WITHIN SWEDISH CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES

   University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

   Author : Mujtaba Sediqi; [2018]
   Keywords : 4D BIM; 4D Planning; Construction Project Management; Scheduling;

   Abstract : Sweden is perceived to be one of the Building Information Modeling (BIM) leaders in the world. However, studies have shown that 4D BIM, which is a combination of a 3D model and an associated time schedule, is not widely deployed in construction planning practices among contractors. READ MORE