Identifying and ranking the factors affecting the adoption of biofuels

This paper presents an empirical investigation to determine the important factors influencing on adoption of biofuels from consumer’s perspective. The study designs a questionnaire in Likert scale and distributes it among 211 randomly selected people who use green products in city of Tehran, Iran. C...

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Main Authors: Saeed Azizi, Fattaneh Alizadeh Meshkani, Reza Agha Mousa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Growing Science 2016-09-01
Series:Management Science Letters
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Online Access:http://www.growingscience.com/msl/Vol6/msl_2016_46.pdf
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Summary:This paper presents an empirical investigation to determine the important factors influencing on adoption of biofuels from consumer’s perspective. The study designs a questionnaire in Likert scale and distributes it among 211 randomly selected people who use green products in city of Tehran, Iran. Cronbach alpha is calculated as 0.812, which is well above the acceptable level. Using principle component with Varimax rotation, the study has determined five important factors including social commitment, product usefulness, infrastructure, management approach and customer oriented, which influence the most on adaptation of biofuels.
ISSN:1923-9335
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