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		<title><![CDATA[Plantronics, Inc. F2Q10 (Qtr End 09/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator   Operator instructions Your first question comes from John Bright with Avondale Partners.   John Bright &#8211; Avondale Partners   Thank you. Good afternoon, Ken, Barbara and Greg. Ken, in your prepared remarks, you mentioned 50 pilots previously on UC and 500 pilots now...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:47:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Electronic Prescribing Gathers Momentum]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Surescripts data shows rapid growth in adoption of electronic prescribing. by Ken Terry]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:51:43 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Battle Under Way Over Jackson's Estate, Kids]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Questions remain over the fate of Michael Jackson's assets and the care of his children, and legal battles are expected. Bill Whitaker reports.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:03:11 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cloud Apps for the Small Business | BTalk Australia]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(15min 23) Today on BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie looks at a suite of on-demand applications aimed at the small business user or telecommuter. Mike Mansbach, the head of global sales and marketing for Citrix, and HR Shiever, the head of Citirix Online for Asia Pacific, talk about the range of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:22:48 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Investigating Trust In Outsourcing: A Study In The Healthcare Industry]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=321595]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Trust is important consideration prior to adoption of outsourcing options and subsequently during the management of the outsourcing relationship. Understanding the antecedents to the adoption of information technology is important to both technology firms that provide services and the policy analysts that study the effects of technology adoption and IT...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Research Framework For The Electronic Procurement Adoption Process]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=316687]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper develops a research framework for addressing issues perceived as critical to understanding the e-procurement adoption process. Possible explanations relating to the adoption process by business are considered, accounting for the drivers and potential impediments. The discussion provides the basis for the development of a predictive model of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Less Is More In Software Process Improvement]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=313845]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Many Software Process Improvement SPI programs fail to deliver the benefits they promise. This is usually due not to bad new processes being created, but to a lack of adoption of the new processes. Many papers have been written about reason for lack of adoption. One element that is missing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Exploring The Roles Of External Parties In ECR Adoption: An Australian Study]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=288046]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The adoption of Efficient Consumer Response ECR by the grocery industry has become increasingly important in order to stay competitive. Due to the inter-organizational nature of ECR, its adoption involves various parties with different and conflicting objectives and requires the concerted efforts of supply chain members. As a result, ECR...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Levels Of Information Technology Adoption, Business Network, And A Strategic Position Model]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=315512]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Implementing Supply Chain Management SCM requires a higher level adoption of computer applications and infrastructures to leverage intra- and inter-firm transactions via systems integration. Various solutions are provided by Information Systems IS vendors and different levels of implementation for firms to adopt. Nevertheless, few strategic models of decision making have...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Challenging the Paradigms on Up-Stream B2B E-Commerce?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=176968]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Based on a survey of adoption of B2B ecommerce within the up-stream part of the Danish grocery sector value chain, this paper shows that technical-rational arguments and organizational readiness hold explanatory strength for adoption whereas the power and market perspective fails to explain adoption of e-commerce. Also, it was found...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Adoption Delay in a Standards War]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=116434]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The paper analyzes a dynamic model in which firms and consumers choose to adopt one of two technologies or delay their adoption. Adoption allows agents to trade with other adopters of the same technology. The paper shows that there is an inefficient equilibrium in which firms differentiate across standards and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Multi-Country Study of the Adoption of ERP Systems: The Effect of National Culture]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=141403]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Studies on the adoption of innovations by companies generally include micro-level and meso-level variables in order to explain a company's receptiveness to innovations. This study adds to the literature by investigating the role of macro-level variables (i.e. national culture) to explain differences in innovation penetration levels and adoption decisions by...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[In Search Of ISO: An Institutional Perspective On The Adoption Of International Management Standards]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=56071]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper analyzes the determinants of the cross-national adoption of the international Environmental Management System standard ISO 14001 using a panel of 102 countries from 1996 to 2000. It uses new institutional economics to develop hypotheses on the impact of the institutional environment on the cost of adopting the management...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Model of the Impact of Corporate Culture on Information Technology Adoption]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=167933]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[When corporate culture is considered in conjunction with the relationship between the independent and dependent variables of information technology adoption, the culture of an organization may play a major role in the adoption of information technology. This paper describes a model that examines how the corporate culture impacts IT adoption. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Adoption of Bioengineered Crops]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=107528]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This report summarizes and synthesizes research findings addressing farm-level adoption of genetically engineered GE crops. Because there are non farm concerns about the technology, an accurate read on benefits and costs to farmers is an important component of a more complete social welfare calculus. Chief among the priorities of this...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Network Externalities and Technology Adoption: Lessons From Electronic Payments]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=129841]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The paper seeks to analyze the extent and sources of network externalities for the automated clearinghouse ACH electronic payments system using a quarterly panel data set on individual bank adoption and usage of ACH. It provides three methods to identify network externalities using this panel data. The first method identifies...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Adoption Of Business Solutions: Pricing And Its Effect On Customer Adoption]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=107859]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[From the executive summary: ‘It is crucial to consider all of the factors tangible and intangible that go into the purchase decision. Taking this wide range of factors into account can make a significant difference in increasing adoption. Pricing based on intangible factors takes into account the product's application to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2000 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Managed Care and the Evaluation and Adoption of Emerging Medical Technologies]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[New medical technologies - pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and procedures -- often allow great improvements in the outcomes of medical care, but they are also widely believed to be a major cause of increasing costs. Selective adoption of new technologies is crucial in the quest to control health care costs while...]]></description>
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