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Sharma, Gautam, and Hemant Kumar. "Commercialising innovations from the informal economy." South Asian Journal of Business Studies 8, no. 1 (March 4, 2019): 40–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sajbs-12-2017-0142.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the commercialisation mechanisms of the innovations that emerge from the informal sector of Indian economy. Also known as grassroots innovations, they are said to better fit with the local market demands and conditions in the developing nations of the world. The paper discusses the grassroots innovation ecosystem in India and the role that is played by the state in providing institutional support. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on an exploratory study using both the primary and secondary sources of data. Primary data are taken from the interview of the innovators during the field work, whereas secondary data are acquired from research articles published in various journals indexed in Scopus and web of sciences, government publications and reports. The annual reports of National Innovation Foundation are analysed to gather information and to build the arguments for this paper. The secondary data are also collected and evaluated from the database of the grassroots innovators available on Grassroots Innovation Augmentation Network. Findings The paper provides insight into how the grassroots innovations are commercialised in India through different pathways such as social entrepreneurship, technology transfer and open source technology. It takes four case studies to discuss the institutional support to the grassroots innovator and the challenges in the diffusion of the grassroots innovations. Research limitations/implications Due to the chosen research approach, the results cannot be generalised on all grassroots innovations. Researchers are encouraged to conduct a survey of more grassroots innovations in order to derive generalised outputs. Practical implications The paper includes implications for understanding the diffusion process of grassroots innovations that can be useful for all the emerging and developing nations. Originality/value The paper fulfils an identified need to study the diffusion modes of informal sector innovations and management of grassroots innovations.
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Mollaoglu, Sinem, Citra Chergia, Esin Ergen, and Matt Syal. "Diffusion of green building guidelines as innovation in developing countries." Construction Innovation 16, no. 1 (January 4, 2016): 11–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ci-09-2014-0045.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to comprehend the ways of knowledge and application of green building guidelines and assessment systems as innovations diffuse in developing countries’ Architecture Engineering and Construction (AEC) industries. Design/methodology/approach – Building up on recent research on the India case, this study focused on Indonesia and Turkey and further studied “how green building assessment systems diffuse in developing countries”. A total of 110 experts representing individuals from private and governmental sectors from both countries responded to the conducted survey. Findings – Findings show insights to adoption of green building guidelines in developing countries, including their diffusion paths, barriers to their use and their applications. Additionally, the results are compared with the India case from the recent literature and analysed via the lens of the diffusion of innovation theory. Research limitations/implications – A random sampling of the AEC industries in developing countries in future studies and capturing of the evolution of the trends over time will provide further insights into the diffusion of innovation phenomena in the context of green building guidelines. Practical implications – Innovation adoption paths for green building guidelines in Indonesia, Turkey and India are similar, while a higher adoption rate is observed in the case of India. “Diffusion of innovation” categories for green building guidelines that define the state of each adopter at the time of survey conduct in India, Indonesia and Turkey are found. Environmental groups as innovator, large business houses as early adopter and nodal agencies as early majority are the common adopters and categories of green building guidelines. The study findings align with those in the literature and show that clients and market conditions can catalyse the diffusion of innovation in AEC industries in Turkey and Indonesia. Social implications – Diffusion of green building guidelines as innovations in developing countries’ AEC industries showed alignment with the Roger’s (2003) model. However, respondents in both Turkey and Indonesia reported approximately ten times as many innovators and twice as many early adopters as Roger’s (2003) model would predict. Because of the small proportions of late adopters and laggards in these two countries, any useful innovation should be quickly incorporated. Originality/value – Aligning with the literature, findings show that clients and market conditions catalyse diffusion of innovation in AEC industries in Turkey and Indonesia. It is important to note that both countries approximately have ten times as many innovators and twice as many early adopters as theory would predict. Because of the small proportions of late adopters and laggards in these two countries, useful green building innovations could be quickly incorporated.
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Duncan, Randy, and Matthew J. Smith. "Grassroots Comics in India: Activism through Diffusion of Innovations." New Area Studies 2, no. 1 (November 12, 2021): 115. http://dx.doi.org/10.37975/nas.40.
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KUNAMANENI, SUNEEL. "CHALLENGES IN MOVING FROM INCREMENTAL TO RADICAL LOW-COST INNOVATION IN EMERGING AND TRANSITION COUNTRIES: Institutional Perspectives Based on Rechargeable Battery Innovation in China and Point-of-Use Water Purification Innovation in India." International Journal of Innovation Management 23, no. 03 (April 2019): 1950028. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1363919619500282.
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Low-cost innovation is increasingly becoming the focus of attention of both firms and policy makers in emerging and transition countries. Previous research has elaborated on the ‘market-based’ view of low-cost innovations captured under various terminologies such as ‘frugal’, ‘good-enough’, ‘resource-constrained’, etc. This study, however, demonstrates that low-cost innovation capabilities are profoundly influenced by the structuring of institutions, particularly the public-science system. The analysis in this paper is structured around innovation in rechargeable batteries in China and point-of-use water purification in India, drawing upon strategies at the Chinese firm BYD and Indian firm Tata, respectively. Both the cases illustrate that diffusion-oriented policies and weak university–industry links played a critical role in firms low-cost ‘incremental’ innovations. However, as regards ‘pre-competitive’ research conducted in the public-science system, with the potential for better performing ‘radical’ technologies at lower costs, the current structure of institutions and firms strategies does not encourage firms to appropriate value from them into innovative output. This has important implications for both firms and policy makers in scaling-up low-cost radical innovations.
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Mathur, Devasheesh, and Rajen K. Gupta. "Policy innovations in India: an exploration of their successful diffusion." International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management 17, no. 2 (2018): 151. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijicbm.2018.094247.
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Gupta, Rajen K., and Devasheesh Mathur. "Policy innovations in India: an exploration of their successful diffusion." International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management 17, no. 2 (2018): 151. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijicbm.2018.10015351.
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Backhaus, Bridget. "Community Radio as Amplification of Rural Knowledge Sharing." Asia Pacific Media Educator 29, no. 2 (August 28, 2019): 137–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1326365x19864476.
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Community radio’s relationship with the farming communities has a long history in India. The earliest successful experiments in community broadcasting involved both farmers and agriculture. In terms of development communication, community radio in India represents a confluence of somewhat conflicting paradigms. While community radio is generally presented as a highly democratic, participatory medium, the way it is operationalized in India more closely aligns with the modernization/diffusion paradigm. In 1976, Joseph Ascroft observed the phenomenon of ‘interpersonal diffusion’ among farmers, whereby for each farmer trained in new techniques, three more would adopt the innovations. While this ‘interpersonal diffusion’ was by no means perfect, it was illustrative of the complex communication networks involved in the diffusion process. It also hints towards the ways in which community radio can act as a facilitator of these processes; as somewhat of an intersection between diffusion and participatory communication. Drawing on ethnographically inspired qualitative research conducted at a rural community radio station in South India, this article explores the role of community radio at the intersections of participatory development and diffusion. This article argues that community radio facilitates the sharing of technical information and innovations among farmers and contributes to amplifying existing knowledge communication systems. The implications of this article suggest that a focus on existing local knowledge communication and transfer systems could contribute to achieving broader development outcomes and further situating the role of community radio within development and social change initiatives.
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Hamid, Shahnaz. "Singhal Arvind and James W. Dearing (ed.). Communication of Innovations: A Journey with Everett Rogers. New Delhi: Sage Publications. 2006. 259 pages. Paperback. Indian Rs 360.00." Pakistan Development Review 45, no. 3 (September 1, 2006): 496–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.30541/v45i3pp.496-497.
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The book “Communication of Innovations” comprises of ten essays that focus and highlight the ideas and works of a highly renowned student and proponent of diffusion of innovations, communication networks, and social change—Everett Rogers. Each chapter of the book discusses different aspects of Rogers’s dynamic personality, his individual and remarkable ways of working and advancing in his field. This book presents introductory remarks to Everett Rogers’ personality. His beginnings in the field of communication of innovation, his focus on diffusion of innovation, his optimism, his main intellectual contribution, the combination of the diffusion of innovation models and the main purpose of writing this book to ‘honour the memory and contributions’ of Rogers is also elaborated.
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Triveni, G., G. R. K. Sharma, Ch Satyanarayana, K. Sarjan Rao, and T. Raghunandhan. "Determinants of Diffusion of Animal Husbandry Innovations among Dairy Farmers of Andhra Pradesh, India." International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 9, no. 4 (April 10, 2020): 2045–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2020.904.244.
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Ramanathan, Hareesh N., Pearly Saira Chacko, and Berislav Andrlic. "Global Diffusion of Innovation: An Empirical Comparison." WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS 19 (January 16, 2022): 349–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.37394/23207.2022.19.31.
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Globalization has strengthened the flow of information and technology across borders. Sophisticated technological advancements have enabled rapidity in innovation and instantaneous communications, thereby reaching a wider audience. The purpose of this study is to understand the relative position of the three major developing countries – namely Croatia, India, and Sri Lanka concerning their phases of adoption of innovation. The study followed a descriptive research design. Data was collected via Web forms using a questionnaire and was administered among the youth in the three countries. The respondents of the study were chosen via the Snowball sampling technique. A spatial map to visualize the proximal relationship between the three countries and the stages of adoption of innovation was created using Correspondence analysis. In comparison, the study found Indian students to be among the ‘innovator’ and ‘early adopter’ categories. Whereas Croatia was placed close to 'late majority and Sri Lanka was placed midway between ‘early adopter’ and 'early majority.
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Bhushan, Sanjay. "System Dynamics Integrative Modeling and Simulation for Mobile Telephony Innovation Diffusion." International Journal of System Dynamics Applications 1, no. 3 (July 2012): 84–121. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijsda.2012070103.
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In the recent times, India has emerged as one of the fastest growing telecom markets in the world and witnessed a telecommunication revolution brought about by a collaboration of government, industry, and the scientific community. It has truly been a success story of indigenous technology development and effective diffusion management of mobile telephony services. In the present paper, a system dynamics integrated model of Indian telecommunication sector (Mobile Telephony) has been calibrated to demonstrate the nature of interactions among system variables and the resultant outcome which assume degrees of importance at different stages of the diffusion/adoption process in the Indian telecom sector. The work done here proves how the application of system dynamics modeling and simulation coupled with soft computational neural networking can improve the holistic understanding of the dynamic structural complexities and forces of telecom diffusion. Simulation results show the potential of system dynamics as a promising tool to capture and predict the structural behavior of innovation diffusion process.
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Choudhuri, Bhaskar, Praveen Ranjan Srivastava, Shivam Gupta, Ajay Kumar, and Surajit Bag. "Determinants of Smart Digital Infrastructure Diffusion for Urban Public Services." Journal of Global Information Management 29, no. 6 (November 2021): 1–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jgim.295976.
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Government of India’s ‘Digital India’ initiative intends to build robust digital ecosystem that fosters innovation & entrepreneurship enabling better citizen service & citizen empowerment. Digitization in India involves geo-demographic & socio-economic dependency, choice of smart technologies undergoing rapid innovation, strategic roll-out planning & flawless implementation as prerequisite of technology diffusion & benefit realization. This study identifies technical & non-technical determinants of smart digital framework roll out that can accelerate digital diffusion in urban public services in India. This study follows inductive exploratory method, combining grounded theory & text mining for primary data analysis. Study reveals digitization is an ecosystem of private & public enterprises and citizen participation, identifies integrated use analytics & IoT can enable connected smart city, whereas technology cost, digital literacy & sustainable innovation as non-technological determinant towards resilient urban digital infrastructure in India.
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Khandwalla, Pradip N., and Kandarp Mehta. "Design of Corporate Creativity." Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers 29, no. 1 (January 2004): 13–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0256090920040102.
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Globalization has created immense competitive pressures on corporates. In order to survive and prosper, organizations in the Third World need to redesign themselves for corporate creativity, i.e., for high rates of sustained and successful technological as well as non-technological innovations. This paper provides several examples of how deregulation of the West's airlines industry in the decade of the 1980s stimulated its corporate creativity. It then reviews the literature on the organizational design for corporate creativity to derive a model of the corporate's organizational design requirements for copious and successful innovations. The model proposes that, for superior corporate creativity in a regime of intensifying environmental pressures, the organization needs to choose the following: i) innovation-friendly business strategies; ii) organizational structure; iii) top management style; iv) middle management practices; and v) effective modes of managing innovations. These choices would lead to innovational success, which, in turn, would confer competitive excellence on the organization. This paper reports a test of the model through questionnaire-based data on 65 Indian corporates collected from late 1999 to early 2003. Data were gathered from an average of five top and senior level executives from each corporate on 6-point scales, and each scale was anchored by a statement at each extreme. All the responses from each organization were averaged for each rated scale and converted into a percentage score for the organization. The scales were grouped for aggregation into: i) environmental pressure; ii) innovations-supportive strategic management; iii) innovations-supportive top management style; iv) innovations-supportive organizational structure; v) innovations- supportive managerial practices and culture; vi) effective management of innovations; vii) corporate innovational success; and viii) corporate competitive excellence. The data were secured for the situation ‘now’ and three years earlier and this enabled the computing of changes in each study variable. The data indicated that change in effective mangement of innovations was the strongest predictor of change in innovational success which, in turn, was the greatest predictor of change in competitive corporate excellence. In order to identify the major strategic choices in the face of high versus low environmental pressure, cluster analysis was performed on the data from the 30 highest scoring corporates on environmental pressure and the 30 lowest scoring corporates on environmental pressure. It revealed that, regardless of environmental pressure, organizations that chose to adopt an organizational design compatible with high corporate creativity outscored those organizations that did not choose such a design in terms of both innovational success and competitive excellence. The data also indicated that organizational design for corporate creativity may yield far better performance when change in environmental pressure is modest than when it is large. The reason may lie in differential rates of the diffusion of innovations in high versus low pressure environments. High pressure environments may induce a more rapid diffusion of innovations. The faster the institution-alization of innovations in an industry, the lower, or less durable, may be the competitive advantage conferred on the innovating organization. This paper strongly recommends the following: Managers should redesign their organizations for higher corporate creativity. The core curriculum of MBA programmes needs to incorporate values, competencies, and management concepts that can nurture organizational creativity. Specifically, this paper provides suggestions to practising managers for enhancing corporate creativity which are as follows: Conduct a diagnosis of the design of your organization and identify the items where the gaps with the model are large. Form a cross-functional team to tackle each major gap area. Review the recommendations of the team and identify action points for implementation. Institutionalize a culture of brainstorming for novel and effective solutions and a number of specific innovation-friendly practices.
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Abrol, Dinesh, and Ankush Gupta. "Understanding the diffusion modes of grassroots innovations in India: A study of Honey Bee Network supported innovators." African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development 6, no. 6 (November 2, 2014): 541–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2014.976974.
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Goel, Lakshmi, and Oliver Schnusenberg. "Introducing a Theoretical Model for the Performance of Microfinance Firms." International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics 3, no. 3 (July 2014): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijabe.2014070101.
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Because borrowers sometimes take out additional loans in order to repay their earlier microfinance loans, microfinance loan repayment rates may be artificially inflated. The authors therefore propose a temporal socio-cultural model based on Hofstede's (1980) cultural dimensions, the diffusion of innovations, and the social network theory, that can be used to think about the performance of microfinance firms in general. The authors specifically apply this model to longitudinally assess the performance of SKS Microfinance, a microfinance firm in India. This approach adds a new dimension to understanding how to steer the industry away from some of the problems it has recently faced.
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Dasgupta, Meeta, and A. Sahay. "Barriers to diffusion of innovation: an empirical study in India." International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management 4, no. 3 (2011): 325. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijicbm.2011.040168.
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Sharma, Kiran, and Nayana Nayak. "A study on consumer perspectives for adoption and diffusion of innovations in fairness creams for males in India." Journal of Customer Behaviour 16, no. 1 (May 31, 2017): 75–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1362/147539217x14909732699499.
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Hasanah, Umdatul. "Keberadaan Kelompok Jamaah Tabligh dan Reaksi Masyarakat (Perspektif Teori Penyebaran Informasi dan Pengaruh)." JURNAL INDO-ISLAMIKA 4, no. 1 (June 20, 2014): 21–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.15408/idi.v4i1.1559.
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Jamaah Tabligh is a transnational preaching movement that originated in India. The movement was introduced to Indonesia in 1970s and established Masjid Jami’ in Kebon Jeruk Jakarta as its headquarters. The members of Jamaah Tabligh referred to kitab Fadailul ‘A’mal which teaches innovations in Islamic propagations. Some of their preaching traditions included outdoor preaching (khuruj dan khillah) and the method to invite people to do good deeds (Jaulah). They have Amir as their leader and use the mosque as their center of da’wa activities. Using Diffusion of Information and Influence Theory, the article discusses the existence of the Jamaah Tabligh community and the public’s responses toward the community.
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Clift, Elayne. "Social Marketing and Communication: Changing Health Behavior in the Third World." American Journal of Health Promotion 3, no. 4 (March 1989): 17–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.4278/0890-1171-3.4.17.
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Development communication, particularly within the health sector, is relatively new and still shrouded in mystique. Many health planners and policy-makers in developing countries and elsewhere do not yet fully appreciate the role communication plays in primary health care interventions. Nevertheless, communication theory, embracing diffusion of innovations and social marketing, can make a significant contribution in improving health status. This paper explores, through an examination of the literature and the experience of a worldwide research and development project, the synthesis of development communication, diffusion, social marketing, and primary health care. It attempts to demonstrate the value of integrating these paradigms within the context of a public health communication model. Focusing on the use of radio and interpersonal communication, the paper describes model projects in India and Honduras and reveals through their example the role of communication in changing health behavior in Third World settings.
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Meghna Rishi. "Innovations Around Mobile Applications: Scope for Indian Developers." Journal of Technology Management for Growing Economies 3, no. 2 (October 29, 2012): 119–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.15415/jtmge.2012.32010.
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This paper explores innovations around mobile applications, globally, and brings out the scope for monetization of these trends, by Indian Application Developers. The paper is based on qualitative research and utilizes Content Analysis Technique for tabulating and reporting the data. A thorough literature review has been conducted to understand the innovations around mobile applications globally and to identify the top 5 categories of mobile applications. These categories serve as variables for understanding the scope for Indian mobile application developers. Data on Indian Mobile application market has been sourced from mass media: Top 3 English newspapers (Indian) and 6 online sources. Recommendations for Indian developers have been generated on the basis on data which was reported under 5 identified categories of mobile applications. Scope for Indian Mobile application developers is in (but not limited to) the following areas; Developing cloud enabled applications, developing customised Indian applications, working on innovations based on global acceptability through multi-language apps., synchronising data with backend systems and addressing security threats, reducing costs through prudent locations and newer API’s (Application Programming Interface), beta testing applications and appropriate keyword tagging for marketing and making applications oriented towards customer delight so that in the process of diffusion of the innovation, the application becomes an integral part of the customer’s life. Methodical content analysis brings out the scope for Indian application developers and offers them valuable insights on monetization tactics. Since the findings are based on published data from Indian Mass Media, it makes the paper very contemporary and the recommendations very implementable for the industry. Academicians working in this area too, will also find an avenue for further exploration. This research work is distinctive because of the lack of scholarly studies in this area, especially in the Indian context. Data from mass media and use of content analysis – a widely used qualitative analytic method for a scholarly study, increases its value by making the work recent, contemporary and worthy of further scholarly explorations.
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Singh, Kartikeya. "Business innovation and diffusion of off-grid solar technologies in India." Energy for Sustainable Development 30 (February 2016): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2015.10.011.
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Misra, Harikesh N., and Ashutosh Mishra. "Role of small and intermediate towns in regional development: A case study of Raebareli, Sultanpur and Pratapgarh Districts of Uttar Pradesh, India." Environmental & Socio-economic Studies 5, no. 4 (December 1, 2017): 66–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/environ-2017-0021.
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AbstractIt is said that small and intermediate size towns play a significant role in the socio-economic transformation of regional spaces through diffusion of innovations. It, however, has been hypothesized here that in this diffusion process the villages having better infrastructural facilities and services, play central role. For its analysis, the study takes the case of a region consisting of three administrative districts - Raebareli, Sultanpur and Pratapgarh, of the Uttar Pradesh state of India. These districts have remained in political focus since India’s independence and have elected two prime-ministers and some most influential politicians of their times in quest of development. However, the condition of development here is still deplorable. These districts have 22 statutory towns, and are least urbanized in the state. The towns are mainly administrative or market centres in nature serving surrounding villages by their backward and forward linkages. The study analyses ‘Z scores’ of select services to measure the level of development at block and village level, and portrays the spatial arrangement of towns in development setting of the region. The study observes that while towns are instrumental in promoting regional development, the role of ‘rurban’ centres (high service villages) in the process of diffusion of development is pivotal.
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Arunachalam, V. S. "Technology and Economic Growth: Quo Vadis, India?" Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers 30, no. 1 (January 2005): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0256090920050101.
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While the movement for independence of India was being led by the political leaders and social reformers, there was emerging another community of leaders—scientists and technologists—whose contributions remained unnoticed and unrecognized for a long time. If the politicians laid the foundation for a democratic India, the scientists created a fertile environment for building a science-based society in the country. Amongst them were those visionaries who also comprehended the links between science, technology, and economic growth. Drawing from the economic growth theories, this paper demonstrates how technological innovations worked as the engine propelling economic growth of cities and nations and addresses four specific questions: What is the basis for economic growth? How can this growth be improved and sustained? How can it be spread across the country? What will be the reaction of the developed countries to such challenges? The author closely studies the case of information and communication technology-based growth of Bangalore and explores the possibilities of its extension to other cities. He attributes Bangalore's economic growth to social, cultural, and infrastructural factors unique to the city. A comparison of Bangalore's growth with a few other locations suggests that it is not possible to blindly replicate the success story of Bangalore in other regions of the country. What has worked for Bangalore may not be relevant for those regions. What is required is a strong base and, for that, the country should start building the infrastructure and educating the labour. For diffusion of growth, the author stresses upon the need for identifying local strengths, encouraging local innovation, intensifying educational programmes, and respecting the sociological systems and local culture. Overall, the author draws the following lessons for India: Population—trained and educated—is an asset. Labour will be an asset only if there is adequate infrastructure for the use of the genetic pool. Energy, communications, and transport systems should be ubiquitous, reliable, and affordable. Setting up of profit-seeking R&D centres and R&T institutions should be encouraged. Market size and competition should be increased. Transaction costs will have to be minimized. Ideas, knowledge, and skills should be allowed to come from anywhere. This improved understanding of the forces driving social development and economic growth offers enticing options for India to pursue.
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Papaioannou, Theo, Andrew Watkins, Dinar Kale, and Julius Mugwagwa. "Industry associations, health innovation systems and politics of development: the cases of India and South Africa." Business and Politics 17, no. 2 (August 2015): 253–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1369525800001649.
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Over the last 20 years, developing countries have witnessed the increased role of non-governmental actors such as health industry associations and umbrella organizations in the diffusion and governance of health innovation. Utilizing extensive interviews with actors in the Indian and South African health industries, this paper argues that, in a context of emerging pluralism – i.e., a dynamic context of bargaining between competing (public and private) interests and values – these associations constitute public actors that play dual roles in the politics of innovation and development. Specifically, not only do they engage downstream by diffusing knowledge to their respective health innovation systems in order to achieve common objectives, they also engage upstream with their governments to co-develop policies and regulations. This dual role of health industry associations and umbrella organizations makes them less neutral politically but more effective institutionally, and their innovative and political role should be seriously taken into account in the healthcare sector.
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Mir, Danish Ahmad, Christopher N. H. Doll, Robert Lindner, and Muhammad Tabish Parray. "Explaining the Diffusion of Energy-Efficient Lighting in India: A Technology Innovation Systems Approach." Energies 13, no. 21 (November 6, 2020): 5821. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en13215821.
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Electricity consumption from lighting accounts for about 15% of total power demand and 5–6% of greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries. It is therefore a promising avenue to achieve considerable energy savings through technological innovation and upgrading. India has been very successful in recent years with a nationwide roll-out of modern light-emitting diode (LED) applications. This study uses the framework of technology innovation systems to identify the actors, institutions, and processes behind the diffusion of this technology. Our findings indicate that national innovation strategies, along with low-carbon technology (LCT) transfer policies, helped to bring down the cost of LED lamps in a rapidly expanding domestic market. Based on the findings, we further explore lessons for broader issues of low-carbon technology transfer and suggest an emerging intermediate step between north–south and south–south technology transfer.
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Singh, Harmandeep, and Arwinder Singh. "Understanding inhibitors to XBRL adoption: an empirical investigation." Accounting Research Journal 35, no. 5 (December 16, 2021): 598–615. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/arj-05-2021-0144.
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Purpose This study aims to investigate the awareness of extensible business reporting language (XBRL) and the perception of chartered accountants of India concerning the inhibitors of XBRL adoption, namely, environmental, organizational and innovation factors developed by Troshani and Rao (2007) from Rogers’ innovation diffusion theory. In addition, the analysis also investigated the relationship between the perception of issues regarding XBRL adoption and individual characteristics (training, age, gender and professional experience). Design/methodology/approach A Web-based questionnaire was circulated through e-mail to chartered accountants registered with the Institute of Chartered Accountants India (ICAI) and 233 chartered accountants responded to the questionnaire. The data was analyzed using reliability statistics and multivariate regression analyses. Findings The results indicate that accountants perceived that environmental, organizational and innovational factors were challenging in adopting XBRL. Interestingly, training and experience were significant factors in explaining respondents’ perceptions. Practical implications From a practical panorama, the significance of issues implies that associations such as XBRL International, XBRL India, ICAI and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs should collectively take the appropriate steps to sustain and ameliorate the reliability and adoption of XBRL. Social implications The results can motivate ICAI/Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) courses to teach academic content about XBRL. Originality/value The present study differs from previous research because it examines the inhibitors in adopting XBRL, namely, environmental, organizational and innovation factors, in an empirical setting. Moreover, to the best of the author’s knowledge, this is the first study to analyze the influence of individual factors on accountants’ perceptions about inhibitors of XBRL adoption.
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Chatterjee, Sheshadri. "Factors Impacting Behavioral Intention of Users to Adopt IoT In India." International Journal of Information Security and Privacy 14, no. 4 (October 2020): 92–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijisp.2020100106.
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The purpose of this study is to identify the factors that impact on the behavioral intention of the Indian consumers to use devices embedded with the internet of things (IoT). While identifying the factors, due attention has been given on the security and privacy issues. With the inputs from the studies of available literature and with the help of technology adoption model (TAM) and of innovation diffusion theory (IDT), some hypotheses have been formulated and a conceptual model has been developed. The hypotheses have been tested and the conceptual model has been validated statistically with the help of survey works using 232 usable respondents. The result shows that perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, compatibility and cost affect the behavioral intention of the consumers to use IoT enabled devices in India.
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Upadhyaya, Pallavi, P. Mohan, and Manjunatha Prasad Karantha. "Determinants of B2B E-Marketplace Adoption." International Journal of E-Business Research 13, no. 4 (October 2017): 55–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijebr.2017100104.
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Development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector in India has been a priority issue. They constitute 95 percent of total industrial units, provide huge employment opportunities and contribute significantly to GDP. Prior research indicates that B2B e-marketplace offers ample opportunities for MSMEs to access global markets and enhances their competitiveness. There is limited empirical research on B2B e-marketplace use by Indian MSMEs, as also on the factors that influence their adoption. As adoption of B2B e-marketplace is in its growth stage in India, there is a need to understand the factors that influence the adoption. Based on the theoretical frameworks of Diffusion of Innovation, Institutional theory and Transaction cost theory, a conceptual framework that identifies organization, environment, product and e-marketplace related factors influencing adoption is developed. Using the data from 122 MSMEs, the significant factors that influence adoption of B2B e-marketplace are identified. The practical implications for the B2B e-marketplace service providers are also discussed.
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Kumar, Jitender, Tarundeep Singh, and Amarjeet Singh. "Technology connects patients to tertiary care for non-COVID illnesses in pandemic times: A case study from India." Indian Journal of Community Health 33, no. 1 (March 31, 2021): 202–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.47203/ijch.2021.v33i01.029.
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During the COVID-19 pandemic times, non-COVID patients faced many difficulties to access health care because of diversion of health resources to manage the pandemic, partial or complete closure of routine OPD services and travel restrictions due to lockdown. Increased use of technology enhanced the effectiveness of the healthcare system to maintain treatment avenues in this challenging time. Also, the pandemic accelerated diffusion of technological innovations like teleconsultation among healthcare workers and patients. The present case study is about a young, breast cancer, female patient from rural India who was diagnosed with the disease just before the pandemic times. She was put on neo-adjuvent chemotherapy in a tertiary care hospital about 150 kms away from her native place but meanwhile lockdown was imposed in India to control COVID-19 spread. She was maintained on follow up through teleconsultation services. She was facilitated through travel restrictions for chemotherapy cycles by e-pass. Her concerns regarding disease, treatment options, follow ups, effect of treatment on her fertility and adverse effects of chemotherapy during her treatment course were satisfactorily addressed through teleconsultation. Necessary investigations done nearby were sent digitally to treating doctor that minimized her visits. After completion of chemotherapy she underwent breast conservation surgery.
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Dasgupta, Meeta, and Arun Sahay. "Diffusion of Innovative Teaching Method: Case of The Heritage School (A) and (B)." Asian Case Research Journal 13, no. 02 (December 2009): 275–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218927509001261.
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This case comes in two parts: case (A) and (B). It traces the journey of The Heritage School, Gurgaon (India) from 2003, when the school was deliberating to launch an innovative teaching methodology in the junior school to 2007 when the school had to make a decision whether to extend the teaching methodology to the senior school. The new teaching methodology based on experiential and project based learning, questions the relevance of the conventional teaching methodology which was based on memorization of content. The case highlights the changing opinion and attitude of the teachers and parents, towards the new teaching methodology. It also deals with how the school management went about implementing the innovative teaching methodology. The case allows students to examine the fundamental challenges in diffusion or acceptance of innovation by potential users. It aims to discuss the dynamics of the innovation and diffusion process, and the factors which drive or hinder the process of diffusion.
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Marak, Zericho R., Ashish Tiwari, and Shalini Tiwari. "Adoption of 3D printing technology: an Innovation Diffusion Theory perspective." International Journal of Innovation 7, no. 1 (January 2, 2019): 87–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.5585/iji.v7i1.393.
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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.
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Simanjorang, Jeffri Yosep, and Gandhi Pawitan. "MODAL SOSIAL, INOVASI, DAN SKENA MUSIK: STUDI KUALITATIF KOMUNITAS MUSIK INDIE BANDUNG 1994-2004." Sosioglobal : Jurnal Pemikiran dan Penelitian Sosiologi 5, no. 1 (February 2, 2021): 73. http://dx.doi.org/10.24198/jsg.v5i1.31169.
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ABSTRAK Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendalami bagaimana modal sosial pada komunitas musik indie di Kota Bandung memengaruhi ekosistem musik pada era 1994-2004 yang melahirkan berbagai inovasi pada industri kreatif. Dengan menerapkan pendekatan kualitatif sejak Maret hingga November 2020, penelitian ini melibatkan 16 informan dengan berbagai latar belakang peran pada industri musik. Penelitian ini fokus pada (1) aktivitas bersama yang dilakukan oleh komunitas, (2) relasi, nilai dan norma pada komunitas, (3) pengaruh modal sosial pada proses difusi, produksi dan distribusi musik, dan (4) peran modal sosial dalam inovasi musik indie. Hasil penelitian ini menggambarkan bahwa modal sosial berpengaruh secara signifikan dalam perkembangan komunitas musik indie Bandung. Dengan modal sosial yang ada, komunitas musik indie saat itu secara kolektif mengenal dan mengaplikasikan konsep do-it-yourself, terutama dalam bermusik. Kondisi tersebut pada akhirnya menjadi awal terciptanya beberapa inovasi yang membuat musik indie sebagai warna baru yang diperhitungkan dan hingga kini menjadi salah satu kekuatan besar di industri musik. Penelitian ini juga menemukan bahwa dimensi struktural pada modal sosial yang mencakup bonding, bridging, linking connections berperan dalam menopang eksistensi musik indie Bandung. Kata kunci: modal sosial, inovasi, komunitas, musik, BandungABSTRACT This study aims to explore how social capital in the indie music communities in Bandung City influenced the music ecosystem in the 1994-2004 era which created various innovations in the creative industry. By applying a qualitative approach from March to November 2020, this study involved 16 informants with various backgrounds in music industry. This study focuses on (1) joint activities carried out by the community, (2) relationships, values and norms in the community, (3) the influence of social capital on the diffusion process, production and distribution of music, and (4) the role of social capital in indie music innovation. The result of this study illustrates that social capital has a significant effect on the development of the Bandung indie music community. With the existing social capital, the indie music community at that time collectively recognized and applied the do-it-yourself concept, especially in music. This condition eventually led to the creation of several innovations that transformed indie music and now become one of the great forces in the music industry. This study also found that the structural dimensions of social capital which include bonding, bridging, linking connections play a role in sustaining the existence of Bandung indie music.Keywords: social capital, innovation, community, music, Bandung
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Das, Keshab, and Nonita Tumulak Yap. "Dunking the dust: innovation diffusion, informality and policy opportunities in a stone crushing cluster, India." Innovation and Development 10, no. 1 (December 28, 2018): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2157930x.2018.1557420.
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PANSE, RIDDHI, and VINISH KATHURIA. "MODELLING DIFFUSION OF WIND POWER ACROSS COUNTRIES." International Journal of Innovation Management 19, no. 04 (August 2015): 1550037. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1363919615500371.
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In this paper, we analyse the diffusion mechanism of wind power over the last two decades in the leading countries, namely China, the United States, Germany, India and Spain. For each country, three prominent models of technology diffusion (Logistic, Bass and Gompertz) were fitted and the best model is identified based on AIC, BIC and adjusted R2criteria. The selected diffusion model in each case is then characterised with respect to the policy mechanisms. Often, research follows the "one size fits all" approach and tends to propose one model to define diffusion for all. Here we find that it is not necessarily true. The study then proposes the causal relationship between parameters of the selected model and corresponding policies along with the socioeconomic structure for a country to corroborate our findings. Further, forecasts were generated to predict the saturation point of the diffusion path and solutions are proposed to expand the diffusion curve.
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Sinha, Neena, and Pranay Verma. "The Role of Favoring and Inhibiting Factors in Developing Attitude towards Mobile Application based Agricultural Extension Services." International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction 14, no. 4 (October 2018): 63–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijthi.2018100104.
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Mobile based applications like agricultural extension services are fast becoming an assistant to farming. The purpose of this study is to examine the factors associated with the adoption of innovation perceived by consumers of AES and those which influence attitude. Diffusion of innovation theory states relative advantage, trialabilty, compatibility, perceived risk, observability and complexity as the factors leading to adoption. The proposed structural model was tested upon users of mobile based agricultural extension services in India. The study was conducted by surveying a broad diversity of citizens in northern India. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 180 respondents with complete answers participating in the study. Empirical data analysis supports a positive direct relationship between relative advantage, compatibility and observability upon attitude. Marketers should use these factors to build a positive attitude of the customers.
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Jain, Abhay, and B. S. Hundal. "An analysis of diffusion process of mobile phone services in rural India." International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development 7, no. 2 (2013): 126. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijisd.2013.053325.
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Krishna, Venni V. "Universities in the National Innovation Systems: Emerging Innovation Landscapes in Asia-Pacific." Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity 5, no. 3 (July 17, 2019): 43. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/joitmc5030043.
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Historically, universities and institutions of higher learning have gone through three academic revolutions, namely, teaching, research, and innovation. Universities and Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) in the last two decades have come to occupy an important part in the national innovation systems (NIS), which is a complex of ‘all important economic, social, political, organizational, institutional and other factors that influence the development, diffusion and use of innovations’. From a broader perspective, universities, together with public Research and Development (R&D) labs and science agencies, public policies (on industry, research, innovation and higher education, etc.) and business enterprises are now considered as important actors in the NIS of Asia-Pacific economies. The rise of Asia in the global knowledge-based economy from mid-1990s is closely associated with the rise of knowledge institutions of higher learning and scientific research output. Every Asia-Pacific country embraced and introduced policies relating to innovation in varying forms. Consultancy and collaborative links with industry being traditional forms of engagement, new policy and institutional measures in technology transfer and innovation to engage with society and business enterprises are gaining prominence. Policies for incubation, start-ups, and spin-offs, technology transfer offices (TTOs), and science and technology parks have gained tremendous prominence in leading Asia-Pacific universities. Different national innovation systems in the Asia-Pacific region have given rise to varying roles of universities. Whilst universities in Southeast Asian countries and India continue to play a traditional role of teaching and generating human capital, there are countries such as Singapore, China, Taiwan, and Japan, wherein universities are being transformed as entrepreneurial universities. Science and innovation policies in these countries have orchestrated the goal direction of universities as frontiers of innovation. Universities in Australia and New Zealand have so far been quite successful in marketing higher education to neighboring Asian countries. They have in recent years begun to embark on innovation and commercialization of research. The paper focuses on South East Asia and draws some comparison with more dynamic university ecosystems in East Asia. In doing so, the paper brings into focus the emerging innovation landscapes across the region.
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Pandey, Prateek, Shishir Kumar, and Sandeep Shrivastav. "Forecasting using Fuzzy Time Series for Diffusion of Innovation: Case of Tata Nano Car in India." National Academy Science Letters 36, no. 3 (June 2013): 299–309. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40009-013-0140-4.
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Sharma, Aviram. "‘We Do Not Want Fake Energy’: The Social Shaping of a Solar Micro-grid in Rural India." Science, Technology and Society 25, no. 2 (March 5, 2020): 308–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0971721820903006.
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During the last two decades, numerous policy actors have advocated multiple models for the diffusion of solar energy-based technologies in India. In recent years, the social development-based energy business model was promoted by some NGOs, civil society groups and academicians for reaching the poor for meeting their energy needs. Using a case study approach, this article explores the social shaping of a solar micro-grid established in rural Bihar through the hybrid model of environmental governance. The article employs the social shaping of technology framework to explain the top-down and bottom-up interpretations of the solar micro-grid in rural India. By focusing on the idea of citizens and consumers, it explains the influence of the wider socio-political context in closing down the debate and stabilising the choices. The article illustrates the implications of the narrow framing of the socio-technical ensemble by the NGO’s and civil society groups (top-down perspective) on the diffusion potential of the solar micro-grid. The bottom-up perspective adds more layer to the interpretation of the socio-technical ensemble. An integrated, comprehensive understanding based on both the top-down and bottom-up perspective would help in developing a responsible research and innovation paradigm.
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Zeng, Douglas Zhihua. "How Technology and Innovation Drive Two Emerging Giants: China and India?" International Studies Review 7, no. 1 (October 8, 2006): 1–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2667078x-00701001.
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Being the two most populous, and rapidly catching up developing countries, China and India's emergence is briskly changing the global growth dynamism and economic structure, and has been receiving great global attention all over the world. This paper is intended to examine these two countries' successes from a knowledge and innovation perspective, and to highlight some policy measures for ensuring long-term success. According to the author, the success of these two countries can be mainly attributed to: 1) successful economic reforms backed with clear visions and strategies from the top leadership in the face of crises; 2) tapping into the global knowledge and technologies through FDI foreign direct investment (mainly China) or Diaspora (especially India); 3) the creation of critical mass of innovation and human capital capabilities through a large pool of scientists and engineers and skilled labors; and 4) catching newly emerging knowledge-intensive industries such as information and communications technology (ICTs) and software. To maintain the current dynamisms and ensure continued success, both China and India need to take some effective measures to strengthen their long-term institutional, innovative, and human capacities. These mainly include improving the governance and the overall investment climate; spurring science and technology (S&T) and innovation activities, especially those of the private sector, and strengthening technology diffusion; enhancing R&D efficiency through better linkage with the production sector; further tapping into the global knowledge and technology stock; further leveraging the innovation clusters; improving the quality of education, especially that of the higher education, and establishing a lifelong learning system through a solid accreditation, certification, and qualification system, and extensive use of modern technologies.
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Patra, Soumendra Kumar, Durga Madhab Mahapatra, and Rabinarayan Patnaik. "Diffusion of Technological Innovation in Business:A Study on New Generation Business in India in E-Business Environment." Parikalpana: KIIT Journal of Management 12, no. 2 (December 1, 2016): 121. http://dx.doi.org/10.23862/kiit-parikalpana/2016/v12/i2/132991.
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Sachdeva, Nitin. "Influence of Customer Attrition on Diffusion of Business Education Services." International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences 2, no. 2 (June 1, 2017): 125–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.33889/ijmems.2017.2.2-011.
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Innovation diffusion models have been developed by many researchers during the past few decades based on the famous Bass (1969) model. Several such diffusion models have been developed in consideration of price, marketing efforts etc., however, it is hardly seen that customer attrition (disadoption) can play a significant role in long term growth process of any new product or service. This paper defines two types of disadoption process, Type I disadoption and Type II disadoption process, representing disadopters from innovators and imitators, respectively. We illustrate that there is an increase in the market size along with the adoption of new product and this increase is addressed in this paper. The explicit mean value function for the two types of disadoption processes is derived in this paper. The thrust of the research is on studying the management educational services in the Delhi/NCR region of India and the impact of disadoption on the long term growth of such services. In order to validate the proposed modeling framework, we make use of different goodness-of-fit criteria on primary data collected from an institute in Delhi/NCR.
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Krishnamurti, Bh. "Regularity of sound change through lexical diffusion: A study of s > h > in Gondi dialects." Language Variation and Change 10, no. 2 (July 1998): 193–220. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954394500001289.
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ABSTRACTGondi is a Dravidian language spoken by 2.2 million speakers (Census of India 1981) in the mountains and forests of four adjacent states in central India. Gondi is a chain of several dialects, some of which, at distant points, are perhaps not mutually intelligible. A major dialect division is provided by a two-step sound change: s- > h- in the west, north, and northwest and h- > - in the south and southeast. The present article studies this two-step sound change, which is still in progress, and establishes two facts. First, contrary to the normal expectation that this sound change would be phonetically gradual and lexically abrupt (Neogram-marian type), there is evidence that it has been lexically gradual and perhaps also phonetically gradual (lexical diffusion). Second, phonetic gradualness and regularity in implementation of sound change are properties not incompatible with the mechanism of lexical diffusion. Labov's observation that s > h > has not been reported as a lexically diffused change in many quantitative studies of Portuguese and Spanish (1981) finds a clear exception in Gondi. Under the lexical diffusion model, the regularity of a sound change is defined as the final outcome in a three-stage change of the relevant lexicon: unchanged (u), variant (u ˜ c), and changed (c). If the entire eligible lexicon passed from u to c through u ˜ c, the change would become regular. If all u ˜ c became c and for some reason no item under u became u ˜ c, the sound change would die prematurely, since the variant stage which provided the rule for the innovation would be absent. Since a regular sound change can result from either the Neogrammarian model or the lexical diffusion model, Labov's (1994:542–543) theoretical proposal of complementarity between the kinds of changes resulting from the two mechanisms calls for more studies of sound change in progress to decide the issue.
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Vakkayil, Jacob, and Debabrata Chatterjee. "Globalization routes: The pursuit of conformity and distinctiveness by top business schools in India." Management Learning 48, no. 3 (December 19, 2016): 328–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1350507616679347.
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In this article, we examine how leading business schools in India orient themselves locally and globally while pursuing conformity and distinctiveness. We expect that these dynamics are particularly complex in ‘emerging’ economies such as India where liberalization and subsequent economic resurgence have led to more intense global exposure for business schools. By exploring changes in the way these responses are applied over time, we identify four globalization routes in the field. Furthermore, we show that these routes make up two broad zones of global–local interaction. In one, we point to the ability of global practices to serve both global and local compulsions, leading to the diffusion of global norms and practices. In the other, we point to how inherent paradoxes lead to possibilities for moderate and radical global distinctiveness.
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Lupton, Nathaniel, and Paul Beamish. "Organizational structure and knowledge-practice diffusion in the MNC." Journal of Knowledge Management 18, no. 4 (July 8, 2014): 710–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jkm-11-2013-0448.
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Purpose – This study aims to examine the interaction of formal and informal cross-border knowledge-sharing practices of four large multinational corporations (MNCs) in aerospace, software, IT services and telecommunications industries. The goal was to determine the manner in which coordination and control mechanisms facilitated knowledge transfer. Design/methodology/approach – Case studies comprised secondary data and semi-structured interviews with corporate headquarters and subsidiary managers in large MNCs conducted in the USA, Canada, Mexico, China, India and Eastern Europe. Findings – The primary finding of this study is that knowledge transfer mechanisms arise as a result of both formal and informal structures of the MNC. Formal structures which create either mutual dependencies or occasions for knowledge exchange facilitate transfer. Formal structure which inhibits knowledge transfer can be overcome by knowledge brokers and evaluation metrics. Research limitations/implications – These findings suggest that knowledge transfer is more informal than formal, but that MNC headquarters does play a role, intended or not, through shaping the interdependencies among geographically distributed units. Managers should be mindful of both the manner in which tasks and the organization are structured, as these have an indirect impact on the development of knowledge channels. Originality/value – This paper investigates the role of organizational structure and its effect, both intended and unintended, on the transfer of knowledge-based practices. While knowledge transfer has been heavily researched, this study examines the phenomenon at a finer-grained level of analysis.
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Kumar Bhardwaj, Amit, Arunesh Garg, and Yuvraj Gajpal. "Determinants of Blockchain Technology Adoption in Supply Chains by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in India." Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2021 (June 19, 2021): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5537395.
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In recent times, organizations are increasingly adopting blockchain technology in their supply chains due to various advantages such as cost optimization, effective and verified record-keeping, transparency, and route tracking. This paper aims to examine the factors influencing the intention of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in India to adopt blockchain technology in their supply chains. A questionnaire-based survey was used to collect data from 216 SMEs in the northern states of India. The study has considered an integrated technology adoption framework consisting of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), Diffusion of Innovation (DOI), and Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE). Using this integrated TAM-TOE-DOI framework, the study has proposed eleven hypotheses related to factors of blockchain technology adoption. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM) have been used to test the hypotheses. The results show that relative advantage, technology compatibility, technology readiness, top management support, perceived usefulness, and vendor support have a positive influence on the intention of Indian SMEs to adopt blockchain technology in their supply chains. The complexity of technology and cost concerns act as inhibitors to the technology adoption by SMEs. Furthermore, the three factors, namely, security concerns, perceived ease of use, and regulatory support, do not influence the intention to adopt the technology. The study contributes to filling a significant gap in the academic literature since only a few studies have endeavored to ascertain the technology adoption factors by supply chains of SMEs in a developing country like India. The study has also proposed a novel integrated technology adoption framework that can be employed by future studies. The findings are expected to enable SMEs to understand important factors to be considered for adopting blockchain technology in their supply chains. Furthermore, the study may benefit the blockchain technology developers and suppliers as they can offer customized solutions based on the findings.
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Mitra, Shivani, Joanna Ashby, Arsen Muhumuza, Isaac Ndayishimiye, Isaac Wasserman, Vatshalan Santhirapala, Alexander W. Peters, et al. "Surgathon: a new model for creating a surgical innovation ecosystem in low-resource settings." BMJ Global Health 5, no. 2 (February 2020): e002162. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-002162.
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Innovation ecosystems and emerging technologies can potentially accelerate the access to safe, affordable surgical care in low-resource settings. There is a need to develop localised innovation ecosystems that can establish an initial culture and catalyse the creation, adoption and diffusion of innovation. The surgathon model outlines one approach to seeding surgical innovation ecosystems. International academic institutions collaborated on six global surgery, innovation and ethics-themed hackathons (‘surgathons’) across India and Rwanda between 2016 and 2019. Over 1598 local multidisciplinary students participated, learning about challenges in the delivery of surgical care and ideating solutions that could leverage appropriate technology and resources for impact. Pursuing student ideas and evaluating their implementation past the surgathons continues to be an active effort. Surgathons have unfolded in different permutations based on local faculty, institution and health system context. The surgathon model is a novel method of priority setting challenges in global surgery and utilises locally driven expertise and innovation capacity to derive ethical solutions. The model offers a path for low-resource setting students and faculty to learn, advocate and innovate for improved surgical care.
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Kumar, Sachin, Prateek Sharma, Geeta Vaidyanathan, and Nonita T. Yap. "Diffusion of cleaner production innovation in clay-fired brick sector - case study of Varanasi brick cluster in Eastern India." International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management 21, no. 4/5 (2017): 441. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijeim.2017.085687.
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Yap, Nonita T., Sachin Kumar, Geeta Vaidyanathan, and Prateek Sharma. "Diffusion of cleaner production innovation in clay-fired brick sector - case study of Varanasi brick cluster in Eastern India." International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management 21, no. 4/5 (2017): 441. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijeim.2017.10005358.
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Ahuja, Ria, and Mini Sheth. "Action Research on Advocating Use of Fortified Foods in the Free-Living Population of Urban Vadodara using Diffusion of Innovation Model." Asian Pacific Journal of Health Sciences 8, no. 4 (October 9, 2021): 199–204. http://dx.doi.org/10.21276/apjhs.2021.8.4.40.
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Worldwide, unaffordable healthy diets, dependability over staple food items, and lack of knowledge have been the major cause of malnutrition. Government programs, promoting dietary diversity and supplementation have not given promising results in improving the micronutrient status of the population. Government of India, along with Food Safety and Standards Authority of India have chosen five vehicles, namely, rice, wheat flour, salt, milk, and oil for the fortification process to combat the micronutrient deficiency. Fewer studies aimed at creating advocacy about fortified foods among the free living population and stake holders. The present study undertook the advocacy for fortified foods amongst the free living population using the Diffusion of Innovation Model (DIM) for the purchase of fortified foods. An E- Intervention using graphics, audios and videos were given to the participants on WhatsApp for 1 month. The results in the study have shown significant difference in the awareness, perception and purchase of fortified foods for all the five staples post intervention, which provides enough evidence that the proposed strategy for creating awareness and promoting purchase of fortified foods amongst the selected participants was highly effective. Use of different E-communication channels can be used by researchers at large for creating the awareness about the safe consumption of fortified foods. Besides this, conducive environment is needed for fortification program to be a success, which will ensure the proper supply and demand to make the food fortification program viable.