Exploring factors influencing technology adoption rate at the macro level: A predictive model

Hooks, D.; Davis, Zachary; Agrawal, Vikas; Li, Z.

doi:10.1016/j.techsoc.2021.101826

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“…Farmers' adoption behaviors for agricultural green production technologies should match China's rural ecological environment management policies. Many studies have considered the impact of macro-level technology promotion policies [36,37], but few studies have incorporated the lag of policy impact into the research system of farmers' behaviors. In the future, we will further explore the behavioral decision-making mechanisms of farmers in different policy environments to provide micro-foundational support for macro-level policy innovation.…”

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confidence: 99%

Farmers’ Endowments, Technology Perception and Green Production Technology Adoption Behavior

Sui

Gao

2023

Sustainability

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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 areas of Shandong Province, the Heckman model was used to empirically analyze the influence of farmers’ endowments on their adoption behavior of green production technologies, and the moderating effect of technology perception on the relationship between the two was further investigated. The study showed that: (1) More than half of the farmers adopted more than three green production technologies, and only 11.5% did not adopt them. In terms of adoption structure, the adoption rate of green pest control technology was the highest at 67.7%, while the adoption rate of moderate deep pine technology was the lowest at 32.7%. The adoption structure should be further optimized. (2) After controlling for sample selection bias, farmers’ endowments have a significant positive effect on farmers’ green production technology adoption behaviors. The ordinary least square regression overestimates the main effect of farmers’ endowments by 8.5% compared with the Heckman model. (3) Technology cognition can effectively promote the positive effect of farmers’ endowments on green production technology adoption, in which the moderating effect of technology–economic cognition is higher than that of technology–environmental cognition. (4) There is heterogeneity in the effects of farmers’ endowments and technology cognition on different adoption subjects and technology types. The above findings provide an in-depth explanation for activating the endogenous drivers of green agriculture development.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Farmers’ Endowments, Technology Perception and Green Production Technology Adoption Behavior

Sui

Gao

2023

Sustainability

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“…The export activity of companies is also taken into account when evaluating digital technology adoption. In addition to this, some other studies also discuss a positive effect of export activity on digital technology adoption, suggesting that exporting leads to technology premium as they use more advanced technologies (Cirera et al, 2021;Hooks et al, 2022). Regarding regional-level determinants, it was found that national and regional policies play an important role in firm's decision to adopt digital technologies (Llopis-Albert, Rubio, Valero, 2021).…”

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confidence: 95%

How Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Accelerated E-Commerce in Russia: Evidence from Firm-Level Data with Spatial Factors

Fedyunina¹,

Gorodnyi²,

Simachev³

et al. 2022

EoR

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The retail and wholesale sector has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, leading to a major sector transformation. In this study, we analyse the factors of firm-level e-commerce adoption and expansion in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and pay special attention to the regional level determinants of e-commerce. We use the data provided by the EBRD-EIB-WB Enterprise Survey that includes about 18,000 observations for firms in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Central Asia (CA) and approximately 1000 observations in Russia. We use the probit and weighted probit estimation techniques. Our central hypothesis states that while large cities are usually seen as drivers of the expansion of e-commerce, lagging regions are catching up with the leading regions in the adoption of e-commerce. The study shows that firms in regions with lower levels of e-commerce before COVID-19 and firms in large cities were more likely to adopt e-commerce during the pandemic, which evidences a convergence in e-commerce between Russian regions. In contrast to the firms in CEE and CA countries, export market orientation and supply chain signals do not foster e-commerce adoption in Russia. This can be explained by weak development of subcontracting networks and low participation of small and medium-sized firms in cooperative relationships in Russia. Regarding policy implications, we argue that policy measures should focus on the distribution of low-cost solutions aiming to decrease entry barriers, liberalise domestic markets for entrance of foreign platforms in Russia, and support the development of domestic platforms.

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“…Due to this change, technological advancements are affecting other online business processes [18]. E-commerce makes it easy for customers to buy something and has also been shown to be one of the most powerful agents for business transformation [19]. The market value of ecommerce in 2021 is given in the following Fig.…”

Section: Ecommercementioning

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Duality between E-commerce and Cybersecurity: Case of Central Africa

Kwa,

Fati,

Tsahat

2023

AJEBA

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In this article, the duality between e-commerce and cybersecurity in Central Africa’s case has been presented. To achieve this, a field study was conducted by submitting a question in order to make sure that the impact of cybersecurity on e-commerce in Africa in general and Central Africa in particular is real. A questionnaire was submitted to small and medium-sized business online sales companies, Congolese campuses, research laboratories, those who submit the articles online, and African Internet users. Risk assessments based on loopholes, threats, and countermeasures were also conducted. The results of this study are successful insofar as the results of the survey sufficiently prove the existence of the problem. The outcome of the risk assessment based on flaws, threats, and countermeasures is the panacea for the investigation, in the sense that strengthening countermeasures at the level of online merchants minimizes the risk of being attacked or victimized.

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Exploring factors influencing technology adoption rate at the macro level: A predictive model

Cited by 40 publications

References 56 publications

Farmers’ Endowments, Technology Perception and Green Production Technology Adoption Behavior

Farmers’ Endowments, Technology Perception and Green Production Technology Adoption Behavior

How Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Accelerated E-Commerce in Russia: Evidence from Firm-Level Data with Spatial Factors

Duality between E-commerce and Cybersecurity: Case of Central Africa

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