Setting the record straight on precision agriculture adoption

J Lowenberg‐DeBoer, B Erickson - Agronomy Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Core Ideas There is a perception that adoption of precision agriculture has been slow.
Precision agriculture is not one technology but a toolkit from which farmers choose what they …

Sources of technological innovation: Radical and incremental innovation problem-driven to support competitive advantage of firms

M Coccia - Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A fundamental problem in the field of management of technology is how firms
develop radical and incremental innovations that sustain the competitive advantage in …

Drivers of farmers' intention to adopt technological innovations in Italy: The role of information sources, perceived usefulness, and perceived ease of use

F Caffaro, MM Cremasco, M Roccato, E Cavallo - Journal of Rural Studies, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Smart Farming Technologies (SFTs) can improve production output while
minimising costs and preserving resources; however, they are scarcely adopted by farmers …

An integrative review of innovations in the agricultural sector: The roles of agency, structure, and their dynamic interplay

MC Annosi, RMO Ráez, FP Appio… - … Forecasting and Social …, 2022 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to improve our understanding of the roles of individuals and the
importance of their social contexts in sha** the dynamics of technological diffusion in the …

Fishbone diagram for technological analysis and foresight

M Coccia - International Journal of Foresight and Innovation …, 2020 - inderscienceonline.com
Fishbone diagram is a graphical technique to show the several causes of a specific event.
Fishbone diagram is applied here as a novel method of graphical representation to identify …

Smartphone adoption and use in agriculture: empirical evidence from Germany

M Michels, W Fecke, JH Feil, O Musshoff, J Pigisch… - Precision …, 2020 - Springer
Smartphone technology is promising for the future development of agriculture, as it can
facilitate and improve many operational procedures and can also be combined with …

A theory of the general causes of long waves: War, general purpose technologies, and economic change

M Coccia - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2018 - Elsevier
A debate exists in literature between the Goldstein's theory that Kondratieff-waves (K-waves)
or Long Waves (LWs) are linked to hegemonic wars occurring in the final phase of …

Precision agriculture technologies for crop and livestock production in the Czech Republic

J Vrchota, M Pech, I Švepešová - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
Modern technologies are penetrating all fields of human activity, including agriculture, where
they significantly affect the quantity and quality of agricultural production. Precision …

Optimization in R&D intensity and tax on corporate profits for supporting labor productivity of nations

M Coccia - The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2018 - Springer
The purpose of this study is to analyze the rates of R&D investments and taxes levied on
profits of firms that can optimize the labour productivity of nations. Statistical evidence, based …

An introduction to the methods of inquiry in social sciences

M Coccia - Journal of Social and Administrative Sciences, 2018 - papers.ssrn.com
The purpose of this paper is an introduction to methods for conducting inquiries in social
sciences. A method of inquiry is an organized and systematic scientific approaches used by …