Understanding the factors that affect the adoption of innovative high-technology brands: The case of Apple iPhone in Malaysia
The purpose of this study is to examine how innovation attributes, social influence, and perceived risk can affect technology brand adoption.The impact of innovation attributes, social influence, and perceived risk on iPhone adoption has been tested through series of tests (i.e., reliability, explor...
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my.uum.repo.123852016-04-20T03:52:08Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/12385/ Understanding the factors that affect the adoption of innovative high-technology brands: The case of Apple iPhone in Malaysia Ismail, Ahmed Rageh HB Economic Theory The purpose of this study is to examine how innovation attributes, social influence, and perceived risk can affect technology brand adoption.The impact of innovation attributes, social influence, and perceived risk on iPhone adoption has been tested through series of tests (i.e., reliability, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, correlations, multiple regression analysis, and moderation effect of gender).The sample consists of 134 Malaysian students.Results revealed the importance of relative advantage, trialability, and social influence as key constructs in adoption intention.The study also showed that gender of the consumer has no moderating effect on the adoption intention.Practical guidelines are provided to marketing managers on how to use those factors to increase the adoption of new brands among customers Routledge 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/12385/1/document%2811%29.pdf Ismail, Ahmed Rageh (2012) Understanding the factors that affect the adoption of innovative high-technology brands: The case of Apple iPhone in Malaysia. Journal of Global Marketing, 25 (4). pp. 226-239. ISSN 0891-1762 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08911762.2012.753564 doi:10.1080/08911762.2012.753564 |
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The purpose of this study is to examine how innovation attributes, social influence, and perceived risk can affect technology brand adoption.The impact of innovation attributes, social influence, and perceived risk on iPhone adoption has been tested through series of tests (i.e., reliability, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, correlations, multiple regression analysis, and moderation effect of gender).The sample consists of 134 Malaysian students.Results revealed the importance of relative advantage, trialability, and social influence as key constructs in adoption intention.The study also showed that gender of the consumer has no moderating effect on the adoption intention.Practical guidelines are provided to marketing managers on how to use those factors to increase the adoption of new brands among customers |
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