What is Adoption

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the decision to make full use of an innovation as the best course of action available, while rejection is the decision to not adopt. Learn more in: Adoption of e-Commerce by Canadian SMEs: Defining Organizational, Environmental and Innovation Characteristics

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The state of being used. Learn more in: Cloud Learning Management System in Higher Education

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The adoption of an innovation may be conceptualized as a temporal sequence of steps through which an individual passes from initial knowledge of an innovation to a decision to adopt or reject it, to put the innovation to use, or finally, to seek reinforcement of the adoption decision made. Learn more in: Communities of Practice for Open Source Software

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Use of social software, whether by simply registering/creating an account (less participatory) or by actively participating through comment, discussing, etc. Learn more in: Critical Success Factors in Enterprise 2.0: The Importance of Business Performance

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Understanding and acceptance of a concept, and its acquisition and use with an implied eventual positive outcome in mind. Learn more in: Adoption of E-HRM in Large New Zealand Organizations

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the decision to make full use of an innovation (Rogers, 1995). Learn more in: Levels of Adoption in Organizational Implementation of E-Collaboration Technologies

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Means identification of organisational practices and putting them into practice or implementing them in a certain fashion. Learn more in: Institutionalisation, Framing, and Diffusion: The Logic of Openness in eGovernment and Implementation Decisions- A Lesson for Developing Countries

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Choosing to use or implement something versus not having the ability to choose. Learn more in: Fusion+SNA: A Strategic Model for Technology Innovation as a Function of Communication Networks – A Case Study of a K-12 School

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The process of accepting and using particular software as a standard within an organization. Learn more in: OSS Adoption in the Legal Services Community

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The selection and implementation of a new system. Learn more in: Competing Commitments Theory

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The resolution of cognitive and emotional concerns that leads to the decision to use a specific technology to facilitate student learning. Learn more in: Facilitating Technology Integration

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Acceptance, the decision to use a particular device. Learn more in: Use of Mobile Phones by Individuals with Visual Impairments

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The initial decision to employ an innovative tool or practice. Learn more in: Supporting the Implementation of Online Learning

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The process by which practitioners accept new knowledge translated from research results and transform their personal practice to incorporate the translated knowledge. Learn more in: An Overview of Knowledge Translation

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Uptake of a health education program by a target audience. Learn more in: Using Diffusion of Innovations Theory to Encourage Workers to Make Healthy Food Choices and Engage in Physical Activity

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It is the decision to start using something such as IoT based Healthcare services in this case. Learn more in: A Systematic Mapping of Studies on the Adoption of Internet of Things to Provide Healthcare Services in Developing Countries

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The decision to make full use of an innovation as the best course of action. Learn more in: The Efficacy of Continuing Education Technology for Public Health Physicians Practicing in Remote Areas

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This term refers to decision-making about how to best use a technological innovation. Based on the time of adoption of an innovation, adopters are classified as innovators, early adopters, early majority, and laggards. Learn more in: Adoption of Wi-Fi Technologies and Creation of Virtual Workplaces

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The integration of a concept, idea, product, or service into an existing practice. Learn more in: Measuring the Digital Transformation of Education and Teaching

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The decision of an individual to acquire a certain object (here, mobile phone) that is new to her or him. The opposite of adoption is rejection, that is, the decision to refrain from acquiring an object that is new to an individual. Learn more in: Consumer Acceptance of the Mobile Internet

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Adoption refers to a user’s decision to either accept or reject a given technology; adoption studies have two dominant perspectives: either from the perspective of acceptance in a generalized sense or from the perspective of acceptance and integration into a technology use context. Learn more in: An Affordance Perspective on the Enabling and Disruptive Effects of Social Media Tools on Self-Management of Chronic Illness

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It is the action or fact of adopting or being adopted. Adoption also can be seen as the act or process of beginning to use something new or different. Learn more in: Technology Innovation Adoption Theories

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Selection of an innovation perceived as new to the organization for eventual implementation. Learn more in: Profiling Information and Communication Technologies: Guiding the Channel Choices of Technology Leaders

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The act or process of using something new or different. Learn more in: That's So Last Season!: An Exploratory Study on Information Technology as Fashion

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The act by a local government (or other unit or organization) to acquire and implement a new technology, process or system. In this chapter, the concern is with adoption of information technology and e-government. Learn more in: Information Technology Among U.S. Local Governments

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The action of accepting and/or using something new. Learn more in: The Use of ICTs in Second Language Education: Opportunities and Challenges

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Refers to consumers’ decision to use or utilise a technological innovation (in this case e-government services) in order to improve their life or work. Learn more in: Consumer Adoption of E-Government in South Africa: Barriers, Solutions, and Implications

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The stage in which an individual selects an innovation for use. Learn more in: Brazilian FL Teachers through the Lens of the Diffusion of Innovations Theory: A Technological Profile

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take up and practice as one’s own Learn more in: My Experience Tells the Story: Exploring Technology Adoption from a Qualitative Perspective - A Pilot Study

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Refers to the launch of an official government website as a means of serving and communicating with citizens. Learn more in: U.S. Counties' Efforts and Results: An Empirical Research on Local Adoption and Diffusion of E-Government

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A decision to buy and start using an innovation. Learn more in: Socio-Economic Effects on Mobile Phone Adoption Behavior among Older Consumers

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Taking technologies or technical systems and solutions into use, either in organizations or by individuals. Learn more in: Technology Cultures

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Readiness to perform a given behavior. Learn more in: Adoption of Financial Technology in Islamic Crowd-Funding: Predicting Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' Intention to Use the Investment Account Platform

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The acceptance of technologies in an organisational setting. Learn more in: Cloud Computing Big Data Adoption Impacts on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: A Systematic Review

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E-commerce adoption is here defined as the decision to use Internet technologies and the Web to share business information, maintain business relationships, and conduct business transactions. Learn more in: Government Intervention in SMEs E-Commerce Adoption

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As opposed to the mere acceptance of e-government services, adoption accounts for the actual use of digital government services. Learn more in: E-Government: Status Quo and Future Trends

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Process by which a potential user of an innovation becomes an actual one (i.e., an adopter ). It has been theorized to have a variety of influences, including characteristics of the adopter, of the innovation, and of the environment that surrounds the system of potential adopters. Learn more in: The Diffusion of HRITs Across English- Speaking Countries

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E-services adoption is here defined as the decision to make use of e-services in the daily operations of the library. Learn more in: The Role of E-Services in the Library Virtualization Process

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Adoption refers to the use of a newly implemented technology. It also means the same as Uptake. Adoption in the context of this chapter refers to the acceptance by individuals or institutions to use Blockchain technology in the management of records and archives in their custody. Learn more in: Blockchain Technology for Records Management in Botswana and Zimbabwe

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The decision to implement an innovation. Learn more in: Innovation in Web-Enhanced Learning

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Adoption is the judgment or decision toward using a specific technology or practice. Learn more in: Mandatory and Voluntary Adoption of RFID

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Refers to consumers’ decision to use or utilize a technological innovation (in this case e-government services) in order to improve their life or work. Learn more in: Facilitating Consumers' Adoption of E-Government in South Africa: Supply Side-Driven Virtuous Cycles