词汇 | adopter |
释义 | adopter noun[ C ] MARKETINGuk /əˈdɒptər/us a person or company that starts to use a new product or service: While large firms may be the most visible adopters of IT and e-commerce, smaller companies also face pressure to adopt these technologies. See alsoearly adopter late adopter Examples of adopteradopter For the maize yield and net returns equations, the estimated coefficients of the farm size variables were statistically different between the adopters and non-adopters. Which farmers and which regions will be the early adopters of the new technology in developing countries? Evidence was found, however, to suggest that full adopters of the technology had more profitable farms than partial adopters. Interestingly non-adopters reported a much greater (but not statistically significant) level of income from non-cotton crops compared to adopters. The adventurous have historically been early adopters, adapters and inventors. Among 12 early adopters as of the end of 1980, eight were led by progressive governors. In contrast, in weaker social settings, adopters can be expected to influence their peers to a lesser degree. At the time of the survey, however, 27 per cent of adopters had completely abandoned t he conservation practices. Here, we defined adopters as farmers who, after planting and evaluating a new variety, cultivated it again for at least another season. In social groups with strong ties, there is lower mobility and hierarchical structures of influence exist between adopters. The role of opinion leaders in this framework is to enable interaction between adopters and designers. This paper points out that the adoption of alley farming has increased the agricultural production and the quality of life of women farmer adopters. The author visited some of the alley farms of adopters, who told her their views about alley farming. With an adopter background, leaders follow the standard adoption decision process described above, complemented by additional geometric evaluation criteria including rotation, reflection, and uniform scale. Because the technology was in an early stage (innovation/early adopter phase), the decision was made to start with a clinical pilot study. See all examples of adopter These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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