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Building a Toolkit to Motivate Waste Reduction

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Kelley Dennings Arlington May 13, 2010 10:13 am
EPA Social Marketing webinar - Thursday, May 20, 2010, 1:00-2:30pm, Eastern Time The Environmental Protection Agency has announced its 2010 Web academy series. Learn about key is…

Voluntary Adopters versus Forced Adopters: Integrating the Diffusion of Innovation Theory and the Technology Acceptance Model to Study Intra-Organizational Adoption

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Zhou, Y. (2008). Voluntary adopters versus forced adopters: integrating the diffusion of innovation theory and the technology acceptance model to study intra-organizational adoption. New Media & Society, 10(3), 475 - 496.
This study extends diffusion research to the intra-organizational level and integrates the classic diffusion of innovation theory (DIT) with the relatively new technology acceptan…

Accelerating the Diffusion of Innovations Using Opinion Leaders

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Valente, T. W., & Davis, R. L. (1999). Accelerating the diffusion of innovations using opinion leaders. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 566, 55 - 67.
Theory on the diffusion of innovations has been used to study the spread of new ideas and practices for over 50 years in a wide variety of settings. Most studies have been retrosp…

Innovating 'Diffusion of Innovation' theory: Innovation Characteristics the Intention of Utility Companies to Adopt Energy Conservation Interventions

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Völlink, T., Meertens, R., & Midden, C. (2002). Innovating 'diffusion of innovation' theory: Innovation characteristics the intention of utility companies to adopt energy conservation interventions. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 22(4), 333-344. doi:10.1006/jevp.2001.0237.
Assessed the capacity of the innovation attributes proposed in Rogers' diffusion theory (1995) to predict the intention to adopt energy conservation interventions. It also provide…

Why Organizations Adopt System Process Innovations: A Longitudinal Study Using Diffusion of Innovation Theory

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Mustonen-Ollila, E., & Lyytinen, K. (2003). Why organizations adopt information system process innovations: A longitudinal study using Diffusion of Innovation theory. Information Systems Journal, 13(3), 275-297. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2575.2003.00141.x.
This paper identifies factors that affected over 200 information system (IS) process innovation adoption decisions in three organizational environments over a period that spanned …

Applying Diffusion of Innovation Theory to Intervention Development

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Dearing, J. (2009). Applying diffusion of innovation theory to intervention development. Research on Social Work Practice, 19(5), 503-518. doi:10.1177/1049731509335569.
Few social science theories have a history of conceptual and empirical study as long as does the diffusion of innovations. The robustness of this theory derives from the many disc…

Cultural Transmission and the Diffusion of Innovations: Adoption Dynamics Indicate that Biased Cultural Transmission is the Predominate Force in Behavioral Change

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Henrich, J. (2001). Cultural transmission and the diffusion of innovations: Adoption dynamics indicate that biased cultural transmission is the predominate force in behavioral change. American Anthropologist, 103(4), 992-1013. doi:10.1525/aa.2001.103.4.992.
In challenging the pervasive model of individual actors as cost-benefit analysts who adapt their behavior by learning from the environment, this article analyzed the temporal dyna…

CBSM Communication Agency Business Model

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Raj Gupta Mumbai May 12, 2010 5:46 am
Hi, We are are often approached by non goverment organisation involved with social issues and agendas.Most of these organisations are very well meaning and doing some good work.…

Effects of Word-of-Mouth versus Traditional Marketing: Findings from an Internet Social Networking Site

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Trusov, M., Bucklin, R., & Pauwels, K. (2009). Effects of word-of-mouth versus traditional marketing: Findings from an internet social networking site. Journal of Marketing, 73(5), 90-102.
The authors study the effect of word-of-mouth (WOM) marketing on member growth at an Internet social networking site and compare it with traditional marketing vehicles. Because so…

Interconnectivity in Diffusion of Innovations and Market Competition

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Redmond, W. (2004). Interconnectivity in diffusion of innovations and market competition. Journal of Business Research, 57(11), 1295-1302.
Competition among firms frequently involves product innovation and subsequent promotional activity. When these innovations involve new communication technologies, their adoption e…
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