Adoption of 3D printing technology: an Innovation Diffusion Theory perspective

Abstract

While every new technology faces multiple challenges during market penetration, some technologies could be viewed by the adopters very differently than most others. The 3D Printing also called as Additive Manufacturing (AM), has been in the market for over a decade now, and is touted to be the next revolution in the industry. Technology has found wide applications in various industries, such as consumer electronics, automotive, medical devices, manufacturing and among many others. However, less is known with regards to the adoption and diffusion of 3D Printing technology, especially from the emerging economies. Using a survey method, this study aims to examine the adoption of 3D Printing technology in select industries in India. We found Relative Advantage, Ease of Use and Trialability to be significant. Whereas, Compatibility and Observability emerged as non-significant. We also explored the challenges with respect to 3D Printing Adoption. The knowledge of the major challenges along with the significant factors affecting adoption can help the manufacturers and suppliers of 3D Printing technology to focus on for increasing the rate of adoption.

Organizational adoption of 3D printing technology: a semisystematic literature review

“…market and environment) are not contemplated. Hence, to reliably examine the phenomenon of organizational 3DPT adoption, research combined UTAUT with the DOI theory (Rogers, 1983) (Schniederjans, 2017;Marak et al, 2019).…”

“…TAM does not take environmental and organizational drivers, such as market dynamics or human resources, into consideration. As such, contemporary research on organizational 3DP adoption has employed TAM mostly in combination with the DOI theory (Rogers, 1983) (2018) as to constitute for the lack of context (Wang et al, 2016;Oettmeier and Hofmann, 2017;Marak et al, 2019). Contemporary research often employs TAM to better comprehend the 3DP adoption intentions among top-management members (Schniederjans and Yalcin, 2018).…”

“…Yeh and Chen, 2018a), the diffusion of innovation (DOI) theory by Rogers (1983) (e.g. Marak et al, 2019) or user-centered decision frameworks, such as the unified theory of acceptance and usage of technology (UTAUT) by Venkatesh et al (2003) (e.g. Schniederjans and Yalcin, 2018) or the technology acceptance model (TAM) by Davis (1985) (e.g.…”

e-SUS Atenção Primária: atributos determinantes para adoção e uso de uma inovação tecnológica

“…Estudos utilizando a TDI para avaliação da taxa de adoção e uso de inovações tecnológicas em diversas áreas vêm sendo empregados tanto no contexto nacional 4,9,12,13 como no internacional 14,15 .…”

العوامل المؤثرة على تبنی الطباعة ثلاثیة الأبعاد بالمنظمات الصناعیة المصریة: دراسة تطبیقیة على المناطق الصناعیة بمحافظة القلیوبیة

“…‫الطابعة‬ ‫لدي‬ ‫تكون‬ ‫التصميمات‬ ‫تعقد‬ ‫درجة‬ ‫على‬ ً ‫واعتمادا‬ ‫األلوان‬ ‫من‬ ‫عدد‬ ‫مع‬ ‫املستخدمة‬ ‫الخام‬ ‫املادة‬ ‫من‬ ‫األشكال‬ ‫لتكوين‬ ‫املختلفة‬ ‫الرؤوس‬ ‫بين‬ ‫التحول‬ ‫على‬ ‫القدرة‬ ‫يتم‬ ‫حصرها‬ ‫يمكن‬ ‫ال‬ ‫التي‬ ‫والخلفية‬ ‫األمامية‬ ‫الحركات‬ ‫من‬ ‫عدد‬ ‫وبعد‬ ‫املختلفة،‬ ‫والهياكل‬ ‫املنتج‬ ‫أو‬ ‫النموذج‬ ‫تكوين‬ ‫ثالثي‬ ‫املطلوب‬ ‫األبعاد‬ (Holzmann et al, 2017 (Ngo, et al, 2018) . (Mellor et al, 2014); (Attaran, 2016); (Rylands et al, 2016); (Kamble et al, 2018); (Yeh and Chen, 2018); (Ottmeier and Hofmann, 2016) ‫للتكنولوجيا‬ ‫النسبية"‬ " ‫امليزة‬ ‫التنظيمية‬ ‫العوامل‬ ‫التنظيمية‬ ‫الجاهزية‬ (Yeh and Chen, 2018); (Lin and Sun, 2011); (Kamble et al, 2018) ‫العليا‬ (Wang et al, 2010), (Zhu et al, 2006); (Yeh and Chen, 2018); (Conner et al, 2015); (Kamble et al, 2018) ‫التكنولوجيا‬ ‫موردي‬ ‫دعم‬ ‫التكلفة‬ ‫االستثمارية‬ ‫التكلفة‬ (Weller et al, 2015); (Thomas, 2015); (Baumers et al, 2016); (Kamble et al, 2018); (Ngo, et al, 2018); (Yeh and Chen, 2018); (Schniederjans, 2017) ‫التشغيل‬ (Wang et al, 2016;Liu et al, 2017;Marak et al, 2019;Lai, 2017;Halassi et al, 2019;Gangwar et al,…”