Innovators and Early Adopters in the Diffusion of Innovations: A Literature Review

Dedehayir, Ozgur; Ortt, Roland; Riverola, Carla; Miralles, Francesc

doi:10.1142/s1363919617400102

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“…Most researchers focused on the discussions of innovation influences [10][11][12][13][14][15], innovation diffusion [16][17][18][19] and the characteristics and behaviors, as well as the relationship between these two, among early adopters [20,21]. Dedehayir et al [22] suggested that understanding the consumers' willingness and unwillingness to adopt innovations were equally important. Exploring the reasons for consumers' unwillingness to adopt innovations could not only help enterprises develop more smoothly in the initial stages, but also further modify the innovations, so as to meet the genuine requirements of consumers who did not adopt the innovations.…”

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The Effects of Perceived Barriers on Innovation Resistance of Hydrogen-Electric Motorcycles

2018

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As environmental awareness among the public gradually improves, it is predicted that the trend of green consumption will make green products enter the mainstream market. Hydrogen-electric motorcycles, with eco-friendly and energy-efficient characteristics, have great advantages for development. However, as a type of innovative product, hydrogen-electric motorcycles require further examination with regard to consumer acceptance and external variables of the products. In this study, consumer behavioral intention (BI) for the use of hydrogen-electric motorcycles and its influencing factors are discussed, using innovation resistance as the basis and environmental concern as the adjusting variable. Consumers' willingness-to-pay (WTP) for hydrogen-electric motorcycles is estimated using the contingent valuation method (CVM). The results found that (1) perception barriers, viz., usage barrier, value barrier, risk barrier, tradition barrier, and price barrier are statistically significant, whereas image barrier is not; (2) a high degree of environmental concern will reduce the consumers' innovation resistance to the hydrogen-electric motorcycles; (3) up to 94.79% of the respondents of the designed questionnaire suggested that the promotion of hydrogen-electric motorcycles requires a subsidy of 21.9% of the total price from the government. The mean WTP of consumers for the purchase of hydrogen-electric motorcycles is 10-15% higher than that of traditional motorcycles.

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The Effects of Perceived Barriers on Innovation Resistance of Hydrogen-Electric Motorcycles

2018

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“…When appraising their work (reflexive monitoring), most success was seen when pharmacists took it upon themselves to effect change; when this occurred, there was real potential for this to overcome the barriers to implementation and to achieve and maintain normalization. It could be that pharmacists who had been proactive, had positive attitudes to innovation or were, ‘early adopters’ [53]. Others have described these pharmacists as engaging fully with training and learning activities, being receptive to innovative behaviours and welcoming greater autonomy [54].…”

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Towards equity: a qualitative exploration of the implementation and impact of a digital educational intervention for pharmacy professionals in England

Latif

Waring

Pollock

et al. 2019

Int J Equity Health

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Background Patients belonging to marginalised (medically under-served) groups experience problems with medicines (i.e. non-adherence, side effects) and poorer health outcomes largely due to inequitable access to healthcare (arising from poor governance, cultural exclusion etc.). In order to promote service equity and outcomes for patients, the focus of this paper is to explore the implementation and impact of a new co-produced digital educational intervention on one National Health Service (NHS) funded community pharmacy medicines management service. Methods Semi-structured interviews with a total of 32 participants. This included a purposive sample of 22 community pharmacy professionals, (16 pharmacists and 6 pharmacy support staff) all who offered the medicine management service. In order to obtain a fuller picture of the barriers to learning, five professionals who were unable to complete the learning were also included. Ten patients (from a marginalised group) who had received the service (as a result of the digital educational intervention) were also interviewed. Drawing on an interpretative analysis, Normalisation Process Theory (NPT) was used as a theoretical framework. Results Three themes are explored. The first is how the digital learning intervention was implemented and applied. Despite being well received, pharmacists found it challenging completing and cascading the learning due to organisational constraints (e.g. lack of time, workload). Using the four NPT constructs (coherence, cognitive participation, collective action and reflexive monitoring) the second theme exposes the impact of the learning and the organisational process of ‘normalisation’. Professional reflective accounts revealed instances where inequitable access to health services were evident. Those completing the intervention felt more aware, capable and better equipped to engage with the needs of patients who were from a marginalised group. Operationally there was minimal structural change in service delivery constraining translation of learning to practice. The impact on patients, explored in our final theme, revealed that they experience significant disadvantage and problems with their medicines. The medication review was welcomed and the discussion with the pharmacist was helpful in addressing their medicine-related concerns. Conclusions The co-produced digital educational intervention increases pharmacy professionals’ awareness and motivation to engage with marginalised groups. However structural barriers often hindered translation into practice. Patients reported significant health and medicine challenges that were going unnoticed. They welcomed the additional support the medication review offered. Policy makers and employers should better enable and facilitate ways for pharmacy professionals to better engage with marginalised groups. The impact of the educational intervention on patients’ health and medicines management could be substantial if supported and promoted effectively.

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“…As opposed to the early majority, the late majority consists of individuals who are initially highly sceptical of innovation and will consider OS practices only after a critical mass of peers have adopted them (Rogers, 2003) . Compared to the late majority, the early majority is more likely to form positive perceptions of innovation and can be more receptive to change (Dedehayir et al, 2017) . Encouraging adoption of OS by the early majority can facilitate a paradigm shift in research practices, and is therefore the needed step to engage the late majority in adopting OS practices.…”

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Towards wide-scale adoption of open science practices: The role of open science communities

Armeni¹,

Brinkman²,

Carlsson³

et al. 2020

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Open Science (OS) increases the quality, efficiency, and impact of science. This has been widely recognised by scholars, funders, and policy makers. However, despite the increasing availability of infrastructure supporting OS and the rise in policies and incentives to change behavior, OS practices are not yet the norm. While pioneering researchers are developing and embracing OS practices, the majority sticks to the status quo. To transition from pioneering to common practice, we need to engage a critical proportion of the academic community. In this transition, Open Science Communities (OSCs) play a key role. OSCs are bottom-up learning groups of scholars that discuss OS practices, within and across disciplines. They make OS knowledge and know-how more visible and accessible, and facilitate communication among scholars and policy makers. By the same token, community members shape the transition to OS such that it is most beneficial for researchers, science, and society. Over the past two years, eleven OSCs were founded at several Dutch university cities, with approximately 700 members in total (at the time of writing). In other countries, similar OSCs are starting up. In this paper, we discuss the pivotal role OSCs play in the large-scale transition to OS and provide practical information on how to start a local OSC. We emphasize that, despite the grassroot character of OSCs, support from universities is critical for OSCs to be viable, effective, and sustainable.

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Innovators and Early Adopters in the Diffusion of Innovations: A Literature Review

Cited by 78 publications

References 65 publications

The Effects of Perceived Barriers on Innovation Resistance of Hydrogen-Electric Motorcycles

The Effects of Perceived Barriers on Innovation Resistance of Hydrogen-Electric Motorcycles

Towards equity: a qualitative exploration of the implementation and impact of a digital educational intervention for pharmacy professionals in England

Towards wide-scale adoption of open science practices: The role of open science communities

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