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Diffusion of Innovations (DOI) Theory
Diffusion of Innovations (DOI) Theory
1.0 Introduction
The purpose of this assignment is to list down the critics of proposed theory relates to
organizational performance in using advanced technology called blockchain or known as
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) as business solution. Blockchain or DLT is changing
the way companies work and its widespread impact is changing the world rhythm. Definitely
blockchain makes everything impossible to be possible but the magnitude of this adoption and
radical transformation are still underappreciated. It is proposed to use Diffusion of Innovations
(DOI) Theory in order to see how blockchain is shaping our financial technology (fintech)
industry that is started to grow in Malaysia.
References
Al-Zoubi, M. I. (2013). Predicting E- Business Adoption through Integrating the Constructs
of the Rogers’s Diffusion of Innovation Theory Combined with Technology
Organization - Environment Model. International Journal of Advanced Computer
Research, 3(13 Deecember 2013).
Ilin, V., Ivetić, J., & Simić, D. (2017). Understanding the determinants of e-business adoption
in ERP-enabled firms and non-ERP-enabled firms: A case study of the Western
Balkan Peninsula. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 125, 206-223.
doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2017.07.025
Lyytinen K., D. J. (2001). What's Wrong with the diffusion of innovation theory? The case of
a complex and networked technology. 173-190. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-35404-0_19
Rogers, E. M. (1995). Diffusion of Innovation. In. Retrieved from
https://www.d.umn.edu/~lrochfor/ireland/dif-of-in-ch06.pdf
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