 | Gary Miron, Christopher Nelson - Education - 2002 - 256 pages
...almost wholly subjective definitions of innovation. Rogers (1995), for instance, defines innovation as "an idea, practice, or object that is perceived as new by an individual or other unit of adoption." In a nutshell, this definition holds that something is innovative if those... | |
 | Charles K. Davis - Business & Economics - 2003 - 266 pages
...through certain channels over time among the members of social systems" (Rogers, 1995). An innovation is "an idea, practice, or object that is perceived as new by an individual or another unit of adoption" (Rogers, 1 995). According to Rogers (1995), there are five stages that are linked to innovation decision... | |
 | Felix B. Tan - Computers - 2002 - 335 pages
...refer to an "advanced technique" as an innovation in this chapter. Rogers (1995) defines an innovation as "an idea, practice, or object that is perceived as new by an individual or other unit of adoption." Further, he suggests that if the individual has no perceived knowledge about... | |
 | Malcolm Moseley - Science - 2003 - 244 pages
...need some definitions. Following Rogers' masterly review of the subject, we will define innovation as 'an idea, practice or object that is perceived as new by an individual or other unit of adoption. It matters little ... whether or not an idea is objectively new as measured... | |
 | Larisa V Shavinina - Architecture - 2003 - 1202 pages
...what is not an innovation. When related to technologies, one common definition of an innovation is "an idea, practice, or object that is perceived as new by an individual or other unit of adoption" (Rogers, 1983, p. 11). Thus, a technological innovation is a new idea, practice,... | |
 | Isabelle Szmigin - Business & Economics - 2003 - 212 pages
...different approaches to defining what is an innovation. Citing Rogers' definition that an innovation is, 'an idea, practice, or object that is perceived as new by an individual or other unit of adoption' and therefore 'If the idea seems new to the individual, it is an innovation'... | |
 | François Champagne, Louise Lemieux-Charles - Medical - 2004 - 328 pages
...of new ideas, techniques, behaviours, or products throughout a population. The term 'innovation' is defined as 'an idea, practice or object that is perceived as new by an individual or other unit of adoption' (ibid., 11). However, research knowledge must be conceptualized as a product... | |
 | D. Remenyi - Distance education - 2004 - 664 pages
...element of Rogers' innovation theory is the discussion of innovation itself. Rogers defines innovation as an idea, practice, or object that is perceived as new by an individual or other unit of adoption" (1995: 11). Innovation success depends on five empiric determinants (see among... | |
 | Demetrius James Porche - Medical - 2004 - 528 pages
...innovations within an organization or community to affect human behavior. Rogers (1983) defines an innovation as "an idea, practice, or object that is perceived as new by an individual or other unit of adoption" (p. 11). Diffusion is defined as the process by which the innovation is communicated... | |
 | Anabela Sarmento - Computers - 2005 - 402 pages
...system could be seen as an innovation for that library. Rogers ( 1 995, p. 1 1 ) defines innovation as "an idea, practice, or object that is perceived as new by an individual or other unit of adoption" (also see Zaltman, Duncan et al., 1 973). Importance is placed here on the... | |
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An innovation is an idea, practice, or object that is perceived as new by an individual or other unit of adoption. 
