The role of diffusion of innovations for incremental development in small enterprises

The Creation and Diffusion of Innovation in Developing Countries: A Systematic Literature Review

“…Innovation for and within BoP is often demand driven. In the rural areas of Bangladesh, in most cases the innovations are based on the farmers’ perception of their needs and the available indigenous capability of the artisans (Uddin, ). The innovation process is kindled by the knowledge of producers gained through ‘learning by doing’, and the experience of farmers through ‘learning by using’.…”

A time-based assessment of the influences, uses and benefits of intermediary website adoption

“…They reasoned that ''the diffusion of innovation is a complex process, involving large numbers of individual decisions''. Uddin [40] wrote: ''the innovation and its diffusion under a particular situation should be looked into both from producer and user points of view keeping in mind their interdependence''. Moreover, Greenhalgh et al [17], in their review of diffusion research in service organisations, concluded that ''empirical studies of implementing and maintaining innovations in service organisations (1) had been undertaken in a pragmatic rather than an academic perspective, (2) were difficult to disentangle from the literature on change management in general, and (3) were impoverished by a lack of process information''.…”

South Africa Micro Entrepreneurs: Mobile ICT Adoption

“…There is an increased need for small businesses to leverage the use of ICT to enhance their business as part of the country's socio-economic development, however, the growing skill shortage regarding how to use ICT is also recognised (Mutula & Van Brakel, 2007;Uddin, 2005). Certain studies have found that information technology variables are insignificant in the success of a start-up (Reid & Smith, 2000).…”