Lee Ming-kwan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1973. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-89). / Methodological Preface --- p.iv / Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter I --- INNOVATION DIFFUSION: THE CHINESE THEORY --- p.7 / Introduction / Agro-technical Revolution: The Actualization Of An Objective Historical Necessity / Agro-technical Innovations Precipitate Con-tradictions Among The People / Innovativeness / The Comoplementary Of The Processes Of Inno-vation And Diffusion / Chapter Chapter II --- THE NATURE OF INNOVATIONS. --- p.17 / Introduction / A Heuristic Model Of Innovation Attributes / The Attributes Of Agro-technical Innovations In Communist China / Chapter Chapter III --- PLANNED DIFFUSION: TOWARDS A CHINESE MODEL OF INNOVATION DIFFUSION --- p.36 / Introduction / Toward A Taxonomy Of Planned Diffusion / Conflict As Strategy--Emulation Campaign / "Conflict As Strategy--""Struggle""" / Chapter Chapter IV --- THE CADRE AS CHANGE AGENT --- p.64 / Introduction / The Milieu Of Change Agentry / Change Agentry-The Chinese Style / Chapter Chapter V --- CONCLUSION --- p.80 / NOTES --- p.82

Globalization has increased the number of individuals who identify with more than one culture. Studies in cultural psychology suggest that the manner in which bicultural individuals manage their dual cultural identities has important implications for them and for their host societies. While existing studies have examined the psychological and sociocultural consequences of biculturalism, only little attention has been paid to understanding its economic consequences. Importantly, the effect that managing dual cultural identities has on bicultural individual's entrepreneurial intentions has remained unexplored. Given the fact that entrepreneurship is vital to the economic success of nations and biculturals are said to play an important role as founders of several new business ventures, it has become critical to analyze the impact that biculturalism has on bicultural individual's propensity to start new business ventures. This dissertation aspires to fill this gap in research. In this dissertation, I used the identity integrationist perspective to argue that amongst biculturals, those with high identity integration will display greater entrepreneurial intentions than those with less identity integration. Further, I argued that cognitions, specifically cognitive cultural intelligence, cultural metacognition and cognitive flexibility, will mediate the effect of bicultural identity integration on entrepreneurial intentions. Empirical analysis supported the argument that biculturals with high identity integration display greater entrepreneurial intentions. Further, cognitive cultural intelligence and cultural metacognition were found to mediate the effect of identity integration on entrepreneurial intentions. I also assessed the role that attitude towards risk taking and attitude towards autonomy play in explaining biculturals' entrepreneurial intentions. I argued that biculturals with more positive attitude towards risk taking and more positive attitude towards autonomy will display greater entrepreneurial intentions. Empirical analysis supported this viewpoint. Further, based on entrepreneurial cognition stream of research, I argued that cognitions, specifically cognitive cultural intelligence, cultural metacognition and cognitive flexibility will positively influence biculturals attitude towards risk taking and attitude towards autonomy. Empirical analysis found support for the positive effect of cognitive flexibility on biculturals' attitudes towards risk taking and autonomy. Taken together, results of this dissertation offer a finer grained understanding of the factors and the mechanism that influence bicultural individual's entrepreneurial intentions. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2015. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

The growing Internet is more and more important, which affects our society significantly, and leads to the revolutions of industry, like economy of Internet and economy of knowledge. The main theories of this dissertation are concerning on the concepts of the ¡§Diffusion of Innovations¡¨ and ¡§Organization Communication¡¨. The purpose of this dissertation is to research the diffusion of communication channels of Internet, and hope to explore whether the traditional theories can apply to the Internet web site or not. The object of the research is a web site on Internet named ¡§Loxa¡¨, the URL of which is ¡§http://www.Loxa.edu.tw¡¨. The methods of collecting data are to interview change agent and users of Loxa web site. This dissertation has some conclusions. First, the communication channels of Loxa web site still follow traditional theories of diffusion. Second, the communication channels of Loxa web site are ¡§missive¡¨, ¡§seminar¡¨, ¡§catalog¡¨, ¡¨interpersonal communication¡¨. Third, the core networks of diffusion of Loxa web site is focused on the information-teacher who manages the equipments of computer software and hardware.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2003. / Supervisor: Michael D. Oden. Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Also available from UMI.

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1971. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1969. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, November, 2008. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references.

This study investigates the processes associated with the diffusion and adoption of an innovation. Work on diffusion by persons in fields other than marketing is reviewed along with some speculative discussion of the relevance of those studies to marketing. Various categories of adopters of innovations are identified and some indications given of how one differentiates between members of those several categories. One category of adopter, the influential, is examined in detail since influentials play an extremely important part in the successful introduction of new products and services. Finally, the results of an exploratory field study of the early phases of the adoption of the Touch-Tone Telephone are described and compared with earlier diffusion studies. / Business, Sauder School of / Graduate

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