Most of Egypt's businesses are small-sized, with 97 percent employing less than 10 workers, according to census data released on Tuesday by state-run statistics body CAPMAS.Medium-sized enterprises wi ...
When the first edition (1962) of Diffusion of Innovations was published, Rogers was an assistant professor of rural sociology at Ohio State University. He was only 30 years old but was becoming a worl ...
Not all individuals exert an equal amount of influence over others. In this sense opinion leaders are influential in spreading either positive or negative information about an innovation. Rogers relie ...
The concept of diffusion was first studied by the French sociologist Gabriel Tarde in late 19th century and by German and Austrian anthropologists such as Friedrich Ratzel and Leo Frobenius. The study ...
The model has spawned a range of adaptations that extend the concept or apply it to specific domains of interest.In his book Crossing the Chasm, Geoffrey Moore proposes a variation of the original lif ...
In economics, market saturation is a situation in which a product has become diffused (distributed) within a market; the actual level of saturation can depend on consumer purchasing power; as well as ...
BiologyThe number of microorganisms in a culture will increase exponentially until an essential nutrient is exhausted. Typically the first organism splits into two daughter organisms, who then each sp ...
Each Hype Cycle drills down into the five key phases of a technology’s life cycle.No. Phase Description1 Technology Trigger A potential technology breakthrough kicks things off. Early proof-of-concep ...
The goals of Product Life Cycle management (PLM) are to reduce time to market, improve product quality, reduce prototyping costs, identify potential sales opportunities and revenue contributions, and ...
Mature technologiesFarming, most advances are in slight improvements of breeds or in pest reductionMotor vehicle, widely used by non-experts, the general principles have not changed for decadesTelepho ...
Devices that combined telephony and computing were first conceptualized by Theodore G. Paraskevakos in 1971 and patented in 1973, and were offered for sale beginning in 1993. He was the first to intro ...
Trademarks are used to claim exclusive properties of products or services.The usage of trademarks by its owner can cause legal issues if this usage makes them guilty of false advertising or if the tra ...
The inspiration for the burgeoning business process now known as PLM came from American Motors Corporation (AMC). The automaker was looking for a way to speed up its product development process to com ...
A venture may be defined as a project prospective converted into a process with an adequate assumed risk and investment. With few exceptions, private equity in the first half of the 20th century was t ...
The origin of the energy released in fusion of light elements is due to an interplay of two opposing forces, the nuclear force which combines together protons and neutrons, and the Coulomb force which ...
