• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.99-124
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• 2012

Our society has long been talking about necessity for innovation. Since companies in particular need to carry out business innovation in their overall processes, they have attempted to apply many innovation factors on sites and become to pay more attention to their innovation. In order to achieve this goal, companies has applied various information technologies (IT) on sites as a means of innovation, and consequently IT have been greatly developed. It is natural for the field of IT to have faced another revolution which is called cloud computing, which is expected to result in innovative changes in software application via the Internet, data storing, the use of devices, and their operations. As a vehicle of innovation, cloud computing is expected to lead the changes and advancement of our society and the business world. Although many scholars have researched on a variety of topics regarding the innovation via IT, few studies have dealt with the issue of could computing as IT. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to set the variables of innovation attributes based on the previous articles as the characteristic variables and clarify how these variables affect "Performance Expectancy" of companies and the intention of using cloud computing. The result from the analysis of data collected in this study is as follows. The study utilized a research model developed on the innovation diffusion theory to identify influences on the adaptation and spreading IT for cloud computing services. Second, this study summarized the characteristics of cloud computing services as a new concept that introduces innovation at its early stage of adaptation for companies. Third, a theoretical model is provided that relates to the future innovation by suggesting variables for innovation characteristics to adopt cloud computing services. Finally, this study identified the factors affecting expectation and the intention to use the cloud computing service for the companies that consider adopting the cloud computing service. As the parameter and dependent variable respectively, the study deploys the independent variables that are aligned with the characteristics of the cloud computing services based on the innovation diffusion model, and utilizes the expectation for performance and Intention to Use based on the UTAUT theory. Independent variables for the research model include Relative Advantage, Complexity, Compatibility, Cost Saving, Trialability, and Observability. In addition, 'Acceptance for Adaptation' is applied as an adjustment variable to verify the influences on the expected performances from the cloud computing service. The validity of the research model was secured by performing factor analysis and reliability analysis. After confirmatory factor analysis is conducted using AMOS 7.0, the 20 hypotheses are verified through the analysis of the structural equation model, accepting 12 hypotheses among 20. For example, Relative Advantage turned out to have the positive effect both on Individual Performance and on Strategic Performance from the verification of hypothesis, while it showed meaningful correlation to affect Intention to Use directly. This indicates that many articles on the diffusion related Relative Advantage as the most important factor to predict the rate to accept innovation. From the viewpoint of the influence on Performance Expectancy among Compatibility and Cost Saving, Compatibility has the positive effect on both Individual Performance and on Strategic Performance, while it showed meaningful correlation with Intention to Use. However, the topic of the cloud computing service has become a strategic issue for adoption in companies, Cost Saving turns out to affect Individual Performance without a significant influence on Intention to Use. This indicates that companies expect practical performances such as time and cost saving and financial improvements through the adoption of the cloud computing service in the environment of the budget squeezing from the global economic crisis from 2008. Likewise, this positively affects the strategic performance in companies. In terms of effects, Trialability is proved to give no effects on Performance Expectancy. This indicates that the participants of the survey are willing to afford the risk from the high uncertainty caused by innovation, because they positively pursue information about new ideas as innovators and early adopter. In addition, they believe it is unnecessary to test the cloud computing service before the adoption, because there are various types of the cloud computing service. However, Observability positively affected both Individual Performance and Strategic Performance. It also showed meaningful correlation with Intention to Use. From the analysis of the direct effects on Intention to Use by innovative characteristics for the cloud computing service except the parameters, the innovative characteristics for the cloud computing service showed the positive influence on Relative Advantage, Compatibility and Observability while Complexity, Cost saving and the likelihood for the attempt did not affect Intention to Use. While the practical verification that was believed to be the most important factor on Performance Expectancy by characteristics for cloud computing service, Relative Advantage, Compatibility and Observability showed significant correlation with the various causes and effect analysis. Cost Saving showed a significant relation with Strategic Performance in companies, which indicates that the cost to build and operate IT is the burden of the management. Thus, the cloud computing service reflected the expectation as an alternative to reduce the investment and operational cost for IT infrastructure due to the recent economic crisis. The cloud computing service is not pervasive in the business world, but it is rapidly spreading all over the world, because of its inherited merits and benefits. Moreover, results of this research regarding the diffusion innovation are more or less different from those of the existing articles. This seems to be caused by the fact that the cloud computing service has a strong innovative factor that results in a new paradigm shift while most IT that are based on the theory of innovation diffusion are limited to companies and organizations. In addition, the participants in this study are believed to play an important role as innovators and early adapters to introduce the cloud computing service and to have competency to afford higher uncertainty for innovation. In conclusion, the introduction of the cloud computing service is a critical issue in the business world.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.375-387
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• 2010

The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) presented by Davis (1989) has been regarded as highly explanatory as well as the clearest model in explaining consumers' adoption of innovative technology or products. Existing studies have expanded the model by adding related external variables to improve the explanation depending on the type of innovative technology. This study expanded TAM by adding two more variables, namely consumers' technology innovation and clothing involvement considering the feature of smart clothing. The objectives of this study are as follows: 1. to suggest the extended TAM in explaining the adoption process of smart clothing, 2. to verify the differences in the path hypotheses according to the type of smart clothing. A total of 815 effective samples were collected from adults over 20 years old, and AMOS 5.0 package was employed for data analysis. As a result, it was proved that the extended TAM was appropriate for explaining the process of adopting smart clothing according to the path hypotheses of smart clothing types. Technology innovation and clothing involvement were confirmed as antecedent variables in affecting TAM. The perceived usefulness appeared to be a more crucial variable than the perceived ease of use and attitude was found to be an important parameter in adopting smart clothing. Considering the path hypotheses of MP3 playing clothes, perceived usefulness had a direct influence on acceptance intention unlike other types of smart clothing. As for photonic clothes, the influence of perceived ease of use on attitude was supported while it was rejected in the case of MP3 playing clothes and sensing sportswear.

• 자원ㆍ환경경제연구
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.229-253
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• 2016

기후변화 대응 및 에너지 안보를 위해 세계 각국에서는 다양한 재생에너지 보급 정책을 수립, 시행하고 있다. 재생에너지 정책이 재생에너지 확산에 미치는 영향을 분석하는 많은 선행연구들에서는 종속변수로 재생에너지 발전량을 사용하고 있는데 자기상관(autocorrelation) 문제의 발생 가능성에도 불구하고 정태적 모형을 쓰고 있다는 점, 기술채택에 선행되어야 하는 기술혁신의 영향을 고려하지 않았다는 점에서 한계점을 지닌다. 본 연구에서는 동적 패널 모형(dynamic panel model)을 이용하고 기술혁신 변수를 추가함으로써 위의 두 한계점을 극복하고자 하였다. 분석 결과 FIT가 RPS보다 재생에너지 보급에 보다 효과적임을 알 수 있고, 재생에너지 기술혁신 또한 재생에너지 확대에 긍정적으로 기여한다는 사실을 밝혀내었다. 또한 이 결과를 바탕으로 기존 선행연구에서 공통적으로 직관과 어긋난 결과를 도출한 데에는 위의 두 한계점이 원인일 수 있다는 가능성을 확인하였다.

• 패션비즈니스
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.69-84
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• 2015

The objective of this study is to investigate the intention to adopt smart wear, based on extended UTAUT model. We examined the effects of performance expectancy (PE), effort expectancy (EE), hedonic motivation (HE), social influence (SI), facilitating conditions (FC), and price value (PV) on the intended adoption of smart watch and smart shoes, respectively. In addition, moderating effects of gender, age, and innovation resistance were examined. An online survey was conducted, comprised of 2030 consumers who were aware of smart watch or smart shoes. In total, 393 responses were analyzed. About 50.4% were male, and 44.8% were in their 20's. An exploratory factor analysis generated five factors - PE & HM, EE, SI, FC, and PV- which were employed as independent variables in the multiple regression models. PE & HM, PV, and SI influenced on the intention to use both smart devices. FC showed the significant effect only on the intention to adopt the smart watch. In terms of gender differences, SI and PV were the important predictors of the intention to adopt the smart watch in the female group only. With respect to age difference, SI was very effective in explaining the intention of individuals in their 30's to adopt smart wear. Among the low innovation resistance group, SI was significant predictor, while PE & HE and PV were significant among the high resistance group. The findings provide useful information about the possibility of the adoption of smart wear, and new insight into market segmentation.

• 경영과정보연구
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.239-260
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• 2017

본 연구는 혁신기술에 대한 사회적 수용의 관점에서 스마트 모빌리티(smart mobility)의 수용에 미치는 영향요인을 탐색하였다. 혁신기술의 사회적 수용과 확산에 관한 이론고찰을 통해 혁신-수용에 미치는 영향요인, 지각된 유용성의 인식과 수용의도에 미치는 일련의 과정에 대한 구조방정식 모형을 설정하고, 이를 실증적으로 분석하였다. 분석에 필요한 자료는 2016년 8월 1일에서 12일 사이에 설문을 통해 수집하였으며, 수집된 534개의 설문이 분석에 이용되었다. 실증분석결과, 적합성과 상대적 이점은 지각된 유용성을 매개로 스마트 모빌리티의 사회적 수용에 통계적으로 유의한 정(+)의 영향을 미쳤으나, 의사소통은 부(-)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 복잡성과 서비스품질은 통계적으로 유의한 영향을 미치지 못하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과에 기초하여 스마트 모빌리티의 사회적 수용과 관련된 시사점을 제공하였으며, 본 연구의 한계점과 이를 극복하기 위한 향후 연구방향도 제시하였다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.1-6
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• 1979

The topic I have chosen for presentation to you today is entitled, the theory of change in nursing practice or to put it into simpler words. How do new ideas in nursing get started - Where do they come from\ulcorner - How are these ideas spread through the social system of nurses\ulcorner - What makes some Directors of Nursing more ready to accept change than others\ulcorner What factors in-fluence than to introduce change\ulcorner The process of change has been the subject of considerable research in such diverse disciplines and fields as anthropology and rural sociology, marketing and, also, education, for many years. The studies are called“diffusion”studies, or sometimes“adoption”studies, or“adoption of innovation”studies. They deal specifically with the transmission of innovations to members of a social system, and are considered a subset of research in the general field of communication, Although a number of studies have been undertaken in medicine, and, in the past decade, numerous ones in education, there have been few studies on the process of change in nursing. Yet, nursing has undergone tremendous changes in the past 10 years - the nursing process has been introduced, there is the expanded role of the nurse which is rapidly becoming a regular mode of practice - and many, many more changes, We seem to be always running to try. to keep up with changes that have already taken place. Yet little is known about known about the process of change itself - how practitioners learn about new ideas and techniques, or about the factors which influence nurses to accept some changes and reject others. The purpose of the study I am about. to describe was to analyze the process of change as it functioned in regard to nursing innovations in a selected segment of Canadian hospitals, and to relate the analysis to general research and theory about information transmission and the acceptance of change. Three aspects of the process were investigated : 1. The flow of information about changes in nursing practice through a network of hospitals. 2. Factors influencing the adoption of changes in nursing practice. 3. Factors influencing delay in the adoption process, the rejection of changes, or their discontinuance following adoption.

• Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.82-103
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• 2023

The Zimbabwean healthcare sector faces huge challenges due to increased demands for improved services for a growing number of patients with fewer resources. The use of information and communications technologies, prevalent in many industries, but lacking in Zimbabwean healthcare, could increase productivity and innovation. The adoption of health management information systems (HMISs) can lead to improved patient safety and high-level patient care. These technologies can change delivery methods to be more patient focused by utilising integrated models and allowing for a continuum of care across healthcare providers. However, implementation of these technologies in the health care sector remains low. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the advantages to be attained by using HMISs in healthcare delivery and to ascertain the factors that influence the uptake of such systems in the public healthcare sector. A conceptual model, extending the technology, organization, and environment framework by means of other adoption models, underpins the study of adoption behavior. A mixed method methodology was used to conduct the study. For the quantitative approach, questionnaires were used to allow for regression analysis. For the qualitative approach, thematic analysis was used to analyse interview data. The results showed that the critical success factors (namely, relative advantage, availability, complexity, compatibility, trialability, observability, management support, information and communication technology expertise, communication processes, government regulation, infrastructure support, organizational readiness, industry and competitive support, external support, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, attitude, and intention to use) influenced adoption of HMISs in public hospitals in Zimbabwe.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.301-313
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• 2015

현대의 기업경영에서 생산성과 효율성을 높이기 위해 제조 현장에 로봇기술의 도입은 핵심적인 기업경영사항 중에 하나이다. 이에 본 연구는 국내 중소 제조기업을 대상으로 지능형 로봇 기술 도입이 기술, 조직, 환경특성의 총 6개 변수(인지된 직접적 유익성, 인지된 간접적 유익성, 혁신성, 위험감수성, 인지된 산업압력, 인지된 정부압력)가 기업의 프로세스 혁신에 어떤 영향을 미치는지 검증하고자 하였다. 총 77개의 중소 제조기업의 자료로 Partial Least Square(PLS) 접근방법을 사용하여 연구모형의 변수간 인과관계를 분석하였다. 연구결과, 인지된 정부압력을 제외한 총 5가지 요소들이 기업 프로세스 혁신에 중요한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 연구결과를 바탕으로 지능형 로봇을 도입하여 기업 프로세스 혁신을 위한 이론적, 실무적 시사점을 제시하였다.

• 기술혁신학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.231-253
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• 2016

본 연구의 목적은 두 가지이다. 첫째, 제조업 혁신과 관련하여 이론적인 측면에서 의미, 파급효과, 고려요소 등에 대해 고찰한다. 둘째, 고성능컴퓨팅(HPC) 활용 정책의 위상을 검증하고 미국과 한국의 상황을 분석한다. 각국의 제조업 혁신 정책은 공통적으로 생산성의 획기적 향상을 목표로 하는데 단순한 생산성의 개선이 아니라 패러다임의 전환을 수반하는 혁신 지향 정책으로서의 성격을 갖는다. 장기적인 성장과 고용을 위해서는 탈공업화를 대체하여 재공업화의 필요성도 있다고 보아야 한다. 제조업 혁신을 통해 고용이 일시적으로 또는 부분적으로 줄어들 수 있으나 간접적인 경로로 고용이 확대되는 효과가 더 클 것이다. HPC 활용의 정책은 제조업 혁신의 부분집합으로서가 아니라 별개의 흐름으로서 중요성을 갖는다. 미국의 경우 HPC 기반의 M&S 활동을 촉진하기 위해 정부주도로 애로요인 해소에 주력하고 있고 민관 합동체제를 통한 문제해결 방식을 추진하고 있다. 한국의 경우 HPC 기반의 M&S 활동에 관련된 생태계 조성이 필요하고 이를 위해 제조기업 M&S 활용 확대와 M&S 지원 전문기업 육성의 과제가 중요하다고 할 수 있다.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.79-89
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• 2010

In recent years, IT organizations are in the process of introducing IT Governance as the concept and measure of transparency, accountability and effectiveness of IT activities and control for managing governance processes. In this paper, the influential factors for IT organizations to adopt COBIT(The Control Objectives for Information and related Technology) which is a typical framework for effective IT Governance execution were classified and analyzed empirically into internal and external factors. Internal factors were designed based on influential factors in the theory of innovation diffusion, and external factors were designed based on influential factors from outside certification which were absent in COBIT and expertise support from the outside. The result of this study showed that understandability, transition and effectiveness which were internal factors had no effect on COBIT introduction, and only expertise support among certification and expertise support which were external factors had significant effects. This result shows that there are lack of COBIT supports and introduction in internal IT organizations. It is expected that the result of this study will allow strategic approach of COBIT adoption in future by verifying influential factors of COBIT introduction within IT organizations.