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  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
8,644 Views
17 Pages

A Cognitive Model for Technology Adoption

  • Fariborz Sobhanmanesh,
  • Amin Beheshti,
  • Nicholas Nouri,
  • Natalia Monje Chapparo,
  • Sandya Raj and
  • Richard A. George

10 March 2023

The widespread adoption of advanced technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, and Robotics, is rapidly increasing across the globe. This accelerated pace of change is drastically transforming various aspects of our lives a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
3,567 Views
18 Pages

28 April 2023

The motivation of this paper is to explore the influence of farmers’ endowments and technology perceptions on farmers’ green production technology adoption behaviors. Based on a survey of 471 grain farmers in the main grain-producing area...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,145 Views
16 Pages

Technology Acceptance, Adoption and Workforce on Australian Cotton Farms

  • Nicole McDonald,
  • Eloise S. Fogarty,
  • Amy Cosby and
  • Peter McIlveen

The future of work is influenced by the digital transformation of industries, including agriculture. The current study aimed to understand the social drivers of automated technology acceptance and adoption in Australian cotton farms. The study employ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
352 Views
19 Pages

4 December 2025

This study investigates technology adoption strategies in an asymmetrically competitive supply chain through a tripartite Stackelberg-Nash game model involving a technology innovation enterprise (TIE) and differentially scaled manufacturers. By analy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,935 Views
17 Pages

The Adoption Intentions of Wearable Technology for Construction Safety

  • Heap-Yih Chong,
  • Yongshun Xu,
  • Courtney Lun and
  • Ming Chi

30 October 2023

Wearable technology (WT) is vital for proactive safety management. However, the adoption and use of WTs are very low when it comes to construction safety. This study proposes a hybrid model, combining elements of the technology acceptance model and t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
177 Citations
10,703 Views
13 Pages

Towards Achieving Sustainable Development: Role of Technology Innovation, Technology Adoption and CO2 Emission for BRICS

  • Chi-Wei Su,
  • Yannong Xie,
  • Sadaf Shahab,
  • Ch. Muhammad Nadeem Faisal,
  • Muhammad Hafeez and
  • Ghulam Muhammad Qamri

In the digital era, technology innovation and adoption trigger economic growth and enhance CO2 emissions through productivity, which places it in the mainstream policy debate. For BRICS economies, this paper uses the first method proposed in the lite...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,920 Views
35 Pages

An Evaluation of Key Adoption Factors towards Using the Fog Technology

  • Omar Ali,
  • Anup Shrestha,
  • Ashraf Jaradat and
  • Ahmad Al-Ahmad

Fog technology is one of the recent improvements in cloud technology that is designed to reduce some of its drawbacks. Fog technology architecture is often widely distributed to minimize the time required for data processing and enable Internet of Th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
11,849 Views
27 Pages

A Qualitative Study on Factors Influencing Technology Adoption in the Architecture Industry

  • Hesham Algassim,
  • Samad M. E. Sepasgozar,
  • Michael Ostwald and
  • Steven Davis

21 April 2023

The architecture service industry has typically been slow in accepting new digital technologies due to many reasons, such as the industry’s complexity, the diverse sizes of companies, client types, and stakeholders’ technical skills. The...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,825 Views
36 Pages

Background: Even while technology is advancing quickly in many areas, the healthcare industry, particularly emergency departments, is slow to incorporate new technologies. The majority of research is on healthcare in general, with few studies examini...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
10,434 Views
33 Pages

The construction technology market is competitive and complicated, due to the high-risk of digital technology utilisation in construction projects and the conservative character of construction companies. This complexity affects the process of job-si...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,807 Views
16 Pages

16 January 2021

Firms have been undergoing a fundamental transformation of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and the transformation is driven by the adoption and development of innovative technology such as big data or artificial intelligence. While the impacts of t...

  • Review
  • Open Access
67 Citations
25,549 Views
43 Pages

Understanding Local Government Digital Technology Adoption Strategies: A PRISMA Review

  • Anne David,
  • Tan Yigitcanlar,
  • Rita Yi Man Li,
  • Juan M. Corchado,
  • Pauline Hope Cheong,
  • Karen Mossberger and
  • Rashid Mehmood

15 June 2023

Digital technologies are used in various local government activities. Adopting suitable digital technology strategies could enhance service efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability. The challenges of technology adoption among local governments,...

  • Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
10,660 Views
14 Pages

12 October 2023

Increasing pressure for food security and environmental sustainability has highlighted the need to switch from conventional agricultural methods to advanced agricultural practices. Digital agricultural technologies are considered promising solutions...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,985 Views
29 Pages

Digital Literacy and Technology Adoption in Agriculture: A Systematic Review of Factors and Strategies

  • María Arangurí,
  • Huilder Mera,
  • William Noblecilla and
  • Cristina Lucini

This systematic review analyzed a total of 109 scientific articles with the aim of identifying, organizing, and synthesizing academic output related to digital literacy, technology adoption in agricultural sectors, digital skills, and socioeconomic a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
7,256 Views
40 Pages

A Critical Literature Review on Blockchain Technology Adoption in Supply Chains

  • Simon Wong,
  • John Kun Woon Yeung,
  • Yui-Yip Lau,
  • Tomoya Kawasaki and
  • Raymond Kwong

18 June 2024

Inspired by the discontinuation of the blockchain platform TradeLens, co-developed by IBM and Maersk, due to the lack of the involved supply chain stakeholders’ adoption, a critical literature review on the models of supply chain stakeholders&r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
7,159 Views
16 Pages

Precision Farming: Barriers of Variable Rate Technology Adoption in Italy

  • Margherita Masi,
  • Jorgelina Di Pasquale,
  • Yari Vecchio and
  • Fabian Capitanio

17 May 2023

Research dealing with the adoption of various precision agriculture technologies has shown that guidance and recording tools are more widespread than reactive ones (such as variable rate technology), with much lower utilization rates in European case...

  • Review
  • Open Access
63 Citations
5,710 Views
11 Pages

17 May 2018

Innovative technologies are expected to play a significant role in climate change mitigation and adaptation within the agriculture sector and in global food security. Clearly, however, the value of technological innovations in the agriculture sector...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,826 Views
28 Pages

3 April 2025

This study investigates the critical roles of green innovation adoption (GIA) and green technology adoption (GTA) in advancing the digital economy (DE). It explores how creative enterprises (CE) and financial capability (FC) mediate and moderate the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
136 Citations
22,344 Views
31 Pages

8 February 2022

Blockchain is a promising breakthrough technology that is highly applicable in manifold sectors. The adoption of blockchain technology is accompanied by a range of issues and challenges that make its implementation complicated. To facilitate the succ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
89 Citations
13,333 Views
8 Pages

Climate change and food security are critical topics in sustainable agricultural development. The climate-smart agriculture initiative proposed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has attracted international attention. Smar...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,449 Views
33 Pages

Recent Developments in Individual Difference Research to Inform the Adoption of AI Technology

  • Luke Symasek,
  • Taylor Yeazitzis,
  • Kristin Weger and
  • Bryan Mesmer

26 February 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology has become one of the most frequently discussed subjects in the development of technology in recent years. Due to its incredible pattern recognition, it can help humans complete work much faster than before wit...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
58 Citations
6,673 Views
13 Pages

29 December 2019

Litchi is a traditional tree crop grown in Southern China. Sustainable development of the litchi industry is reliant on technology adoption by farmers. The top grafting technique allows for the introduction of new, quality litchi varieties. The fact...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,307 Views
22 Pages

27 March 2025

This study explores factors promoting and inhibiting advanced technology adoption in small- and medium-sized manufacturing firms (SMEs). With AI’s rapid advancement impacting productivity and efficiency across industries, understanding the chal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,582 Views
20 Pages

The paper, using a three-wave unbalanced panel of 3252 observations of young small and medium-sized firms in 2011–2013, examines the effect of direct linkages between firms with foreign direct investment and young small and medium-sized firms o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,180 Views
24 Pages

7 March 2025

The rapid advancement of digital technologies presents new opportunities and challenges for companies concerning their environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) performance. As organizations increasingly prioritize sustainable development...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
7,066 Views
16 Pages

Knowledge Sharing Key Issue for Digital Technology and Artificial Intelligence Adoption

  • Rima H. Binsaeed,
  • Zahid Yousaf,
  • Adriana Grigorescu,
  • Alina Samoila,
  • Razvan Ion Chitescu and
  • Abdelmohsen A. Nassani

21 June 2023

In the current digital era, digital technologies develop and emerge rapidly, businesses, especially the electronic sector more connected to information technology, facing challenges in the terms of its technology infrastructure and tactical direction...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
7,669 Views
11 Pages

Technology Adoption and Extension Strategies in Mediterranean Agriculture: The Case of Family Farms in Chile

  • Roberto Jara-Rojas,
  • Romina Canales,
  • José M. Gil,
  • Alejandra Engler,
  • Boris Bravo-Ureta and
  • Carlos Bopp

Extension services play a crucial role by improving skills and access to information that result in greater farm level innovations, especially on family farms which are the predominant form of agriculture in the world. This study analyzed the connect...

  • Review
  • Open Access
184 Citations
49,093 Views
32 Pages

Strategies for Successful Information Technology Adoption in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

  • Morteza Ghobakhloo,
  • Tang Sai Hong,
  • Mohammad Sadegh Sabouri and
  • Norzima Zulkifli

13 February 2012

Information Technology (IT) adoption is an important field of study in a number of areas, which include small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Due to the numerous advantages of IT, SMEs are trying to adopt IT applications to support their busines...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,387 Views
18 Pages

22 December 2022

The issue addressed by this research study is the public’s scepticism about the benefits of adopting 5G technology. Some have even gone so far as to say that the technology can be harmful to people, while others are still looking for reassuranc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,711 Views
25 Pages

Influence of Information Sources on Technology Adoption in Apple Production in China

  • Linjia Yao,
  • Gang Zhao,
  • Changqing Yan,
  • Amit Kumar Srivastava,
  • Qi Tian,
  • Ning Jin,
  • Junjie Qu,
  • Ling Yin,
  • Ning Yao and
  • Heidi Webber
  • + 2 authors

21 August 2025

China holds the largest apple cultivation area globally, yet yields per hectare remain relatively low. Despite substantial government investment in modern orchard technologies, adoption remains limited among farmers. This study investigates the econo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,011 Views
15 Pages

Soil degradation and declining soil fertility are prominent issues for sustainable agricultural development in China. Therefore, it is of great significance to promote the adoption rate of conservation agriculture technology. Risk cognition and techn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
125 Citations
16,081 Views
16 Pages

Examining Consumers’ Adoption of Wearable Healthcare Technology: The Role of Health Attributes

  • Man Lai Cheung,
  • Ka Yin Chau,
  • Michael Huen Sum Lam,
  • Gary Tse,
  • Ka Yan Ho,
  • Stuart W. Flint,
  • David R Broom,
  • Ejoe Kar Ho Tso and
  • Ka Yiu Lee

With the advancement of information technology, wearable healthcare technology has emerged as one of the promising technologies to improve the wellbeing of individuals. However, the adoption of wearable healthcare technology has lagged when compared...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,064 Views
13 Pages

14 December 2022

Mobile Internet refers to a new mode of information interaction through mobile terminals and the use of wireless communication to access information services. The mobile Internet has provided a new model for the traditional information circulation mo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
168 Citations
20,138 Views
13 Pages

19 October 2019

In the light of several national advanced manufacturing strategies such as Industry 4.0 in Germany or the Made in China 2025 initiative in China, this article examines the challenges of Industry 4.0 adoption of Japanese small and medium-sized manufac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
15,554 Views
13 Pages

Improved Rice Technology Adoption: The Role of Spatially-Dependent Risk Preference

  • Omotuyole Isiaka Ambali,
  • Francisco Jose Areal and
  • Nikolaos Georgantzis

This study analyses farmers’ adoption of improved rice technology, taking into account farmers’ risk preferences; the unobserved spatial heterogeneity associated with farmers’ risk preferences; farmers’ household and farm characteristics; farm locati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
10,345 Views
17 Pages

Adoption of Sustainable Technology in the Malaysian SMEs Sector: Does the Role of Government Matter?

  • Muhammad Fauzan Abu Bakar,
  • Majharul Talukder,
  • Ali Quazi and
  • Irfanuzzaman Khan

16 April 2020

This paper looks at the role of government as a novel dimension in the adoption of sustainable technology by small and medium enterprises (SME) in Malaysia. This determinant stems from the fact that, in many transitional economies, private sector org...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,169 Views
23 Pages

20 June 2025

This concept-centric review identifies and synthesizes emerging drivers of Generative AI (GenAI) adoption in education, addressing a critical gap by offering the first structured integration of empirically supported predictors. Based on 27 peer-revie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
386 Views
26 Pages

18 November 2025

Alongside technological innovations, the energy transition requires notable behavioral changes in the residential sector. Smart technologies (STs) can support this shift by promoting transparency, energy-conscious behavior, and automated efficiency g...

  • Article
  • Open Access
368 Views
26 Pages

A system dynamics approach is described to explore the path of Carbon Capture diffusion. The proposed model, in principle, follows the Bass diffusion of innovation theory and includes all major influencing factors. The primary contribution of this pa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
76 Citations
21,453 Views
24 Pages

Workplace 4.0: Exploring the Implications of Technology Adoption in Digital Manufacturing on a Sustainable Workforce

  • Natalie Leesakul,
  • Anne-Marie Oostveen,
  • Iveta Eimontaite,
  • Max L. Wilson and
  • Richard Hyde

11 March 2022

As part of the Industry 4.0 movement, the introduction of digital manufacturing technologies (DMTs) poses various concerns, particularly the impact of technology adoption on the workforce. In consideration of adoption challenges and implications, var...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
10,159 Views
14 Pages

25 June 2020

The adoption of automatic warehousing systems, a type of green technology, has been an emerging trend in the logistics industry. In this study, we develop a conceptual model using a technology–organization–environment framework to investi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
9,974 Views
21 Pages

27 November 2024

In response to the rapid advancement in smart technology and the 2019–2020 pandemic, the hospitality industry has accelerated its adoption of innovative technologies. However, new technologies are often disruptive and may not be aligned with th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,224 Views
18 Pages

Despite some high-profile exceptions, the architecture service industry has typically adopted new digital technologies slowly. Previous research has examined the influence of user-friendliness and ease of technology use to explain the slow adoption r...

  • Concept Paper
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,729 Views
20 Pages

Leading Edge or Bleeding Edge: Designing a Framework for the Adoption of AI Technology in an Educational Organization

  • Sayed Fayaz Ahmad,
  • Muhammad Mansoor Alam,
  • Mohd. Khairil Rahmat,
  • Muhammad Khalil Shahid,
  • Mahnaz Aslam,
  • Nur Agus Salim and
  • Mohammed Hasan Ali Al-Abyadh

12 April 2023

Adopting Artificial Intelligent Technology in an Educational Organization is often problematic due to many internal and external environmental reasons, and often fails to attain the desired goals. This study aims to design a framework for adopting AI...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,404 Views
17 Pages

Does Gender Impact Technology Adoption in Dual-Purpose Cattle in Mexico?

  • Oriana Villarroel-Molina,
  • Carmen De-Pablos-Heredero,
  • Cecilio Barba,
  • Jaime Rangel and
  • Anton García

18 November 2022

This paper examines the role of women in the dual-purpose livestock system (DP) in Mexico through their technological adoption patterns and aims to evaluate whether there are significant differences between the technology adoption networks of men and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
60 Citations
6,343 Views
17 Pages

22 February 2022

As pesticide abuse becomes increasingly serious worldwide, it is necessary to pay attention to the biopesticide adoption behavior of agricultural producers. It is worth verifying whether agricultural cooperatives, as training organizations sharing th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,841 Views
28 Pages

Internet of Things Adoption in Technology Ecosystems Within the Central African Region: The Case of Silicon Mountain

  • Godlove Suila Kuaban,
  • Valery Nkemeni,
  • Onyeka J. Nwobodo,
  • Piotr Czekalski and
  • Fabien Mieyeville

16 October 2024

The Internet of Things (IoT) has emerged as a transformative technology with the potential to revolutionize various sectors and industries worldwide. Despite its global significance, the adoption and implementation of IoT technologies in emerging tec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
67 Citations
20,025 Views
53 Pages

18 March 2024

Technologies, such as Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (ChatGPT), are prime examples of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), which is a constantly evolving area. SMEs, particularly startups, can obtain a competitive edge, innovate their bu...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,653 Views
11 Pages

A Systematic Review of Drivers of Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Technology Adoption

  • Mykolas Simas Poškus,
  • Lina Jovarauskaitė and
  • Audra Balundė

31 July 2021

In this systematic review we explore the forces that encourage or hinder the adoption of wastewater treatment and/or management technology. Our literature search uncovered 37 sources that discuss these issues. Retrieved sources were then subjected to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,525 Views
12 Pages

28 July 2023

Since there is a serious problem of land degradation and soil erosion in the Loess Plateau region of China, soil and water conservation technology (SWC) is necessary to protect land resources and reduce water loss, so as to promote the development of...

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