Diffusion of innovations

Fidelity Research Finds Only Half of U.S. Institutional Investors Say They Are Confident They Will Achieve Target Returns Over the Next Three Years

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Tuesday, October 12, 2021
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For almost 20 years, Fidelity has been conducting primary research to understand decision-making among institutional investors, and this new research aims to help U.S. institutional investors benchmark portfolio and organizational performance against their peers.

Key Points: 
  • For almost 20 years, Fidelity has been conducting primary research to understand decision-making among institutional investors, and this new research aims to help U.S. institutional investors benchmark portfolio and organizational performance against their peers.
  • The majority of institutional investors in the study placed themselves in the middle as either Early Majority (33%) or Late Majority (31%).
  • Innovators/Early Adopters said they had a slightly higher actual rate of return in 2020 than Laggards (13.1% vs. 12.3%).
  • Fidelity surveyed 500 institutional investors in the U.S. involved in their organizations decision-making processes and conducted interviews with 11 respondents.

Microdrones as a Service (mdaaS) Available Now

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Monday, May 4, 2020
Articles, Academic disciplines, Earth sciences, Geomatics, Surveying, Diffusion of innovations, Innovation

ROME, NY, May 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Microdrones announces the launch of mdaaS- Microdrones as a Service , making its survey equipment and solutions accessible to an even broader market of surveyors and geomatics professionals.

Key Points: 
  • ROME, NY, May 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Microdrones announces the launch of mdaaS- Microdrones as a Service , making its survey equipment and solutions accessible to an even broader market of surveyors and geomatics professionals.
  • Microdrones CEO, Vivien Heriard-Dubreuil explains, We developed mdaaS to propel the industry and expand the market from innovators and early adopters into the early majority phase of growth.
  • Surveying and geomatics professionals will be able to configure and optimize their survey equipment, service and software selections according to business needs and anticipated usage.
  • Microdrones customers start by deciding which system(s) meet their overall needs, selecting from the mdLiDAR, mdMapper and mdTector families of fully integrated technology.

Two-Thirds of U.S. Healthcare Providers are Behind the Curve in Digital Health Transformation -- Unisys Survey Details

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Wednesday, April 3, 2019
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They were then rated as being ahead of the curve (early adopters/early majority) or behind the curve (late majority/laggards).

Key Points: 
  • They were then rated as being ahead of the curve (early adopters/early majority) or behind the curve (late majority/laggards).
  • Of those surveyed, 64 percent rated themselves as being behind the curve, including 20 percent who were rated as laggards.
  • Notably, only 11 percent of organizations were rated as early adopters when it came to adoption and implementation of digital technologies.
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