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laggards — lag·gard || lægÉ™(r)d n. slow person; retarded person; person who falls behind; person who moves slowly adj. slow, backward; delayed; sluggish; lazy … English contemporary dictionary
laggards — / lægədz/ plural noun a category of buyers of a product who are the last to buy it or use it … Marketing dictionary in english
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laggard — lag‧gard [ˈlægəd ǁ ərd] noun [countable] COMMERCE a company, country etc that is not developing as quickly or doing as well as others: • The companies were split into three groups: top performers, average firms and laggards. laggard adjective * * … Financial and business terms
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Technology adoption lifecycle — The technology adoption lifecycle is a sociological model, originally developed by Joe M. Bohlen and George M. Beal in 1957 at Iowa State College. [Citation last1 = Bohlen | first1 = Joe M. author1 link = Joe M. Bohlen last2 = Beal | first2 =… … Wikipedia
Adopter Categories — Classification of individuals based on their willingness to try out a new innovation or new product. There are five adopter categories innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority and laggards. Adopter categories were first described … Investment dictionary
