Adoption is a personal state of mind — being innovative, but it’s also a function of your connectedness to other people. Not surprisingly, Ev Rogers (father of diffusion theory) was a communications ...

Faculty are being asked to adopt, and adapt to, a number of information age innovations in teaching. While some have adopted these technologies enthusiastically, the majority of instructors have been ...

The February 2018 issue of Health Affairs examines the factors that accelerate the spread of new and innovative health care practices that improve care and lower cost. It contains research regarding ...

In the literature on policy innovation diffusion, political scientists have paid little attention to how ideas for innovation gain prominence on government agendas. By considering the actions of ...

“When I come here, they know me,” says Mary Febus, a severe chronic asthma patient, of the Family Physicians Group in Kissimmee, Florida. For years, Febus was a victim of inadequate, poorly ...

Many community development programs in developing countries distribute new technology to the rural poor to improve their quality of life. One such technology distributed widely is the improved ...

The study of policy diffusion examines how innovative policy ideas spread among governments, revealing the mechanisms by which states influence one another in the adoption and adaptation of effective ...

Join host University Innovation Alliance CEO Bridget Burns for an episode of the Innovating Together Podcast about the diffusion of innovation in higher education and the upcoming 2024 UIA Summit.