Current Adoption Rate Research Articles

Segmenting small and medium manufacturing enterprises for electronic customer relationship management industry: the case of Thailand

The study examines the current adoption rate of electronic customer relationship management (e-CRM) applications among manufacturing SMEs in Thailand and segments the e-CRM adopters based on their similarities and differences. The purpose is to provide information on market segmentation for the e-CRM industry. Three types of e-CRM adopters were identified; basic, moderate and advanced adopters. The findings assert that even though e-CRM adopters share something in common, their perceptions about e-CRM applications are evidently different. Each group has different needs and expectations requiring different approaches from technology vendors. The basic e-CRM adopters are sceptical about the potential of e-CRM applications while moderate and advanced e-CRM adopters are more concerned with how to maximise the advantages of e-CRM applications.

Development of e-business standards in engineering services

The purpose of this paper is to develop electronic business standards for engineering services. Specifically, it first developed an electronic customer chain management conceptual model for the engineering services by integrating Information Technology (IT) with the customer-focused business processes in engineering services firms. Second, electronic business standards were developed based on the conceptual model. Third, current IT adoption rates within the engineering services industry were analysed by reviewing e-business applications in six dominant engineering services firms. The results of this research will be beneficial for accelerating IT adoption in the engineering services.

Current Data on Dehorning Calves

Dehorning calves is a necessary practice that should be conducted as early as possible and with appropriate anesthetic/analgesia. With the possible exception of caustic paste, calves perceive and react to acute pain during dehorning, regardless of method, when no local anesthetic is used. Extensive research has shown that dehorning stimulates both an acute pain response and a delayed inflammatory reaction. These effects have been measured through physiological, behavioural, and pain sensitivity responses. The best method to fully address pain management for dehorning should include both a local cornual nerve block and systemic analgesia, particularly when calves are dehorned at or beyond four weeks of age. Current adoption rates off arm operator's use of local anesthetics and/or systemic analgesia for dehorning are extremely low. Veterinarians are influential in designing dehorning protocols for on-farm use. A routine dehorning service conducted by trained technicians through a veterinary practice is one means of controlling dehorning protocols on-farm.

Diffusion and Adoption of IPv6 in the Arin Region

In the near term there will be no available, unallocated IPv4 addresses. From original estimates of IPv4 exhaustion in 2037, the most widely-cited current estimates for ARIN IPv4 address depletion is now at 2013. This deadline gives a particular importance to IPv6 adoption. The goals of this work were to identify valid measures of IPv6 diffusion and use classic diffusion models to bound the uncertainty in those measures. With these measures and simple models we can bound best case, current projection and reasonably optimistic cases for the adoption of the IPv6 protocol. For these ends, the work discusses previous analysis of IPv6 routes and ASN data from ARIN to quantify the current adoption rate. We conclude that there is no reasonable case for diffusion of IPv6 before IPv4 full allocation. The second significant contribution, besides measurement and bounding uncertainty, that is provided in this paper is to what extent the now well established fundamental findings of the economics of computer security can apply to the diffusion of IPv6. The second significant but unanswered question is if the creation of a transferrable property interest in IPv4 addresses, informed by computer security economics, will hinder or galvanize IPv6 adoption. In order to address these questions the paper provides some non-trivial insights on IPv6 through presenting sketches of four scenarios: no action, IPv4 market creation, coordination government action and registrar- only management. As much as conclusions, this paper offers a set of questions that are critical to consider.

From the ACRL 13th National Conference: E-Book Use Versus Users' Perspective

ABSTRACT At the beginning of this decade, research on e-books clearly indicated that e-books were neither well received nor desired by students in higher education. However, in the past few years, academic institutions have begun reporting very good use rates for e-books. In this article, the change taking place in e-book use is explored. Faculty and student preference for reading print books, and not e-books, is the background for exploring the effects of forced adoption and user adaptation on e-book use in a small academic institution. In addition, the effect that relative advantage, current adoption rates, cultural norms, publishers' business models, and print book/e-book competition are having on current and future e-book use are discussed.

Adoption and Perceptions of Electronic Health Record Systems by Ophthalmologists: An American Academy of Ophthalmology Survey

To assess the current state of electronic health record (EHR) use by ophthalmologists, including adoption rate and user satisfaction. Population-based, cross-sectional study. A total of 592 members of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) participated. A total of 3796 AAO members were randomly selected on the basis of geography and solicited to participate in a study of EHR adoption. Among those solicited, 392 members completed a web-based version of the survey and 200 members completed a telephone-based version. The survey included sections assessing the current level of EHR adoption, the value of various EHR features, the practice demographics, and, for participants with an EHR, the details of their system. Responses were collected and analyzed using univariate statistical tests. Current adoption rate of EHRs, user satisfaction with EHRs, and importance of various EHR features to both users and nonusers. Overall, 12% of the practices surveyed had already implemented an EHR, 7% were in the process of doing so, and another 10% had plans to do so within 12 months. Both EHR users and nonusers rated the same EHR features as having the most value to their practices, and the 2 groups rated options for simplifying the EHR selection process similarly. Among those with an EHR in their practice, 69% were satisfied or extremely satisfied with their system, 64% reported increased or stable overall productivity, 51% reported decreased or stable overall costs, and 76% would recommend an EHR to a fellow ophthalmologist. The adoption rate of EHRs by ophthalmology practices is low but comparable to that seen in other specialties. The satisfaction of those ophthalmologists already using an EHR is high. Because EHRs are part of the rapidly changing health information technology marketplace, the AAO Medical Information Technology Committee is planning to update these results on a regular basis.

Factors affecting the adoption of Internet Banking in Hong Kong—implications for the banking sector

The rapid development of Internet and Electronic Business has stimulated the banking and financial sectors towards encouraging customers to bank on-line. This paper explores the adoption of Internet Banking by retail customers in Hong Kong. The paper attempts to make sense of Internet Banking in Hong Kong from three angles: (i) the current adoption rate of Internet Banking; (ii) the influences of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, perceived risk and personal innovativeness in information technology and (iii) the potential impacts on the strategic activity of banking organisations operating in the Hong Kong market. The research constructs were developed based on the Technology Acceptance Model and incorporated two additional elements of personal innovativeness and perceived risk. Hypotheses were constructed and then tested using t-test and Pearson's correlation. It was found that certain factors did have a positive relationship with the adoption of Internet Banking and as such strategy in the banking services sector can be refined to better meet the demands and profile of the Hong Kong market.

Assessing Producer Options and Obstacles for Organic Agriculture

Assessing Producer Options and Obstacles for Organic Agriculture

Interlibrary Loan User Behaviors in an Academic Library

Abstract The article is a case study of Interlibrary Loan behaviors at the University of Mississippi Libraries. In reviewing a year's worth of data, the author investigated behaviors associated with user status, disciplines, and paper or web delivery preferences. The data was gathered using the libraries' new automation system, ILLiad. The most pronounced differentiation between user statuses was that faculty, staff and undergraduates preferred web delivery, whereas graduate students preferred paper delivery. Overwhelmingly, users preferred e-mail notification concerning their requests. Also included is a comparison of ILLiad's first year of requests and the previous two years by user status. Based on the current adoption rate of web delivery, the University of Mississippi Interlibrary Loan Department decided to change the setting for web delivery of articles to “yes” by default.

Impact of Bt corn pollen on monarch butterfly populations: a risk assessment.

A collaborative research effort by scientists in several states and in Canada has produced information to develop a formal risk assessment of the impact of Bt corn on monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) populations. Information was sought on the acute toxic effects of Bt corn pollen and the degree to which monarch larvae would be exposed to toxic amounts of Bt pollen on its host plant, the common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca, found in and around cornfields. Expression of Cry proteins, the active toxicant found in Bt corn tissues, differed among hybrids, and especially so in the concentrations found in pollen of different events. In most commercial hybrids, Bt expression in pollen is low, and laboratory and field studies show no acute toxic effects at any pollen density that would be encountered in the field. Other factors mitigating exposure of larvae include the variable and limited overlap between pollen shed and larval activity periods, the fact that only a portion of the monarch population utilizes milkweed stands in and near cornfields, and the current adoption rate of Bt corn at 19% of North American corn-growing areas. This 2-year study suggests that the impact of Bt corn pollen from current commercial hybrids on monarch butterfly populations is negligible.