Advanced Technology and Creative Magic: How Technology Use Shapes the Creativity-Innovation Process

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (1) ◽  
pp. 13851
Author(s):  
Pier Vittorio Mannucci ◽  
Colleen Cunningham ◽  
Hila Lifshitz-Assaf ◽  
Emily Truelove ◽  
Alentina Vardanyan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Technology Use ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Advanced Technology

scholarly journals User-driven innovation and technology-use in public health and social care: A systematic review of existing evidence

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Zhu ◽  
Synnøve Thomassen Andersen
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Strategic Innovation ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Innovation And Technology

This systematic review revealed and discussed empirical evidence generated from 21 international user-driven innovation studies in the public health and social care. We used PRISMA guideline to ensure a transparent and replicable research process. With the guide of relevant theoretical models, we identified the distinct characteristics of user-driven innovation in current public social care sectors, in respect of its strategic innovation process and user-oriented, empower-based objectives. We categorized different end- and intermediate user groups and discussed how them directly and indirectly engaged in various innovation phases via the support of different methods, and how their participation helped to fulfill users’ roles for exploration, experiments, test, and innovation. We also took a closer look at technological options addressed via included studies and in particular discussed how technologies interact with users in the innovation process.

Adoption of Emerging In-Store Technology Interfaces for the Apparel Retail Employee

2015 ◽  
pp. 119-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tasha L. Lewis ◽  
Suzanne Loker
Keyword(s):  
Technology Adoption ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Retail Stores ◽  
Product Features ◽  
Service Interaction ◽  
Rapid Pace ◽  
Employee Characteristics ◽  
Initial Selection ◽  
Selection Of

Technology use in apparel retail stores is on the rise and changing the way that employees work and customers shop. In spite of increased use, advanced technology deployed within apparel retail stores has yet to match the rapid pace of growth for technologies adopted by apparel consumers enabled by mobile devices and sophisticated digital applications. Apparel retail employees are the first line of contact for customers and are often engaged with them at several points in the service interaction, including assisting with the initial selection of apparel based on customers' desired product features, the try-on of clothing, and unique in-store services like personal shopping. In this chapter, the authors examine employee usage intent for technologies supportive of these various points of service interaction. The likelihood of employee usage of technology as well as employee characteristics that influenced the extent of technology adoption were also measured.

scholarly journals Advanced Technology Use by Care Professionals

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 742
Author(s):  
Tom Brandsma ◽  
Jol Stoffers ◽  
Ilse Schrijver
Keyword(s):  
Technology Use ◽  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Performance Expectancy ◽  
Mixed Method Design ◽  
Effort Expectancy ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Depth Interviews

Advanced technology is a primary solution for the shortage of care professionals and increasing demand for care, and thus acceptance of such technology is paramount. This study investigates factors that increase use of advanced technology during elderly care, focusing on current use of advanced technology, factors that influence its use, and care professionals’ experiences with the use. This study uses a mixed-method design. Logfiles were used (longitudinal design) to determine current use of advanced technology, questionnaires assessed which factors increase such use, and in-depth interviews were administered to retrieve care professionals’ experiences. Findings suggest that 73% of care professionals use advanced technology, such as camera monitoring, and consult clients’ records electronically. Six of nine hypotheses tested in this study were supported, with correlations strongest between performance expectancy and attitudes toward use, attitudes toward use and satisfaction, and effort expectancy and performance expectancy. Suggested improvements for advanced technology include expanding client information, adding report functionality, solving log-in problems, and increasing speed. Moreover, the quickest way to increase acceptance is by improving performance expectancy. Care professionals scored performance expectancy of advanced technology lowest, though it had the strongest effect on attitudes toward the technology.

scholarly journals Installed Base as a Facilitator for User-Driven Innovation: How Can User Innovation Challenge Existing Institutional Barriers?

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Synnøve Thomassen Andersen ◽  
Arild Jansen
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
System Development ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Technical Solution ◽  
Professional Health

The paper addresses an ICT-based, user-driven innovation process in the health sector in rural areas in Norway. The empirical base is the introduction of a new model for psychiatric health provision. This model is supported by a technical solution based on mobile phones that is aimed to help the communication between professional health personnel and patients. This innovation was made possible through the use of standard mobile technology rather than more sophisticated systems. The users were heavily involved in the development work. Our analysis shows that by thinking simple and small-scale solutions, including to take the user’s needs and premises as a point of departure rather than focusing on advanced technology, the implementation process was made possible. We show that by combining theory on information infrastructures, user-oriented system development, and innovation in a three-layered analytical framework, we can explain the interrelationship between technical, organizational, and health professional factors that made this innovation a success.

scholarly journals Teaching, technology, and the modern classroom

2004 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-38
Author(s):  
Tim Walters ◽  
Steve Lydiatt
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Laptop Computer ◽  
Learning Research ◽  
Pencil And Paper ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University

One of Zayed University’s publicly articulated missions is to lead higher education in the United Arab Emirates through teaching, learning, research, and outreach and to achieve this leadership in a technologically advanced environment. In fulfilling this goal, the university actively promotes laptop computer use among faculty, staff, and students; delivery (and completion) of lessons though advanced technology; use of sophisticated software; and information gathering via the Internet. (See Moore, Moore, Bodwen, Coasdale, 2003.) Though the hope is that information technology can add a powerful punch to the modern educational environment, many educators in the United Arab Emirates have found that it is the proper use of available modern technology rather than the presence of that technology that advances learning. Even longtime favorites pencil and paper and the overhead projector still have a place in the well-rounded modern classroom. Whether old or new, each technology has unique qualities (or “affordances”) of which advantage can be taken.

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