Measuring the technological development of the textiles and clothing industry in Hong Kong

Factors affecting the adoption of electronic signature: Executives' perspective of hospital information department

“…Finally, adopters foresaw the impact of government policy higher than the non-adopters and therefore were willing to adopt e-signature. This finding also confirmed the results in the Ho and associates' study [16].…”

“…When good coordination exists between customers and their IT vendors, the customers usually favor the adoption of innovative technology [9]. Similarly, "government policy" influences the technological development of an organization [3,16,17]. Enterprises adopting security protection products with security certification can rely on their information security systems [8].…”

“…In terms of setting up HCA (GOV 1); Health insurance IC card (GOV 2); EMR trend (GOV 3); Government's assistance (GOV 4) [16] E-signature characteristics…”

Measuring the technological development of textiles and clothing industry in Hong Kong: evaluation of key indicators

“…In our first publication [1], we have identified input and output data for each key indicator and validated their existence and importance through personal interview with five T & C experts and an industrial survey. Either the input or output data can affect the importance and performance of each key indicator.…”

“…A review of the literature [1] on the technological development of the T & C industry suggests that whilst there are five key indicators, namely, productivity, quality, flexibility, skill and innovation, for the 'technometric' model for measuring technological development, there are also additional factors, namely, government policy and environmental impacts that should be included. Based on the above findings, a model comprising the five key indicators and their input and output data influencing the technological development of Hong Kong's T & C industry is tentatively developed.…”