Conceptualizing Consumer Acceptance of Innovations

Addressing the limited understanding of what drives a consumer to break from their current consumption status quo and accept a new product innovation, this research successfully develops an extensive theoretical framework comprising of cognitive and effective measures of familiarity, attitude, compa...

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Main Author: Butcher, Luke Kevin
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89
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Summary:Addressing the limited understanding of what drives a consumer to break from their current consumption status quo and accept a new product innovation, this research successfully develops an extensive theoretical framework comprising of cognitive and effective measures of familiarity, attitude, compatibility, and enablers. This model of consumer innovation acceptance is proven suitable across levels of mild and high innovativeness (as perceived by the consumer), and is further validated through comparisons with a non-innovative control sample.