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ABSTRACT (ENGLISH)
In recent years, new innovations have been invented to support the idea of energy
conservation, one of the most renowned technology is Light Emitting Diode (LED) lights to
replace the commonly used Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL). Comparing to CFL, LED
lights not only result in less light pollution and longer lifetime but they also consume less
electricity, and therefore in the extreme sense less fossil fuel will be taken from the earth.
LED technology has been around since 1962, but it was not until recently that the technology
matured. The advancement of the technology enable LED to be applied in various
applications; aviation lightning, traffic signals, automotive lighting, laboratories, billboards
and other communication technologies.
This study is significant as it offers LED light retailers opportunity to better
understand the market awareness, perception and consideration. It is also expected to give
some inputs on appropriate marketing strategy that can be implemented to penetrate market.
Last but not least, this study shall give a model of understanding in-which innovationcharacteristics strongest influence the intention to use the innovation.
The purpose of this research is to investigate the residential-market awareness level
towards LED lights and to identify which innovation-characteristics (PCI) that has significant
influences over the potential adopters or intention to use (adopt). The data collection,
involved the distribution of 300 questionnaires to people with interest to purchase light bulbs
for their home; out of the 300 questionnaires, only 103 data can be processed using SPSS
ver.16 for both descriptive and statistical analysis.
The result shows that the awareness level for household LED lights innovation is very
low, comparing to the awareness level of LED light technology. All the observed PCIs
(relative advantage, compatibility, image and cost) have significant direct influence to
attitude and indirect influence towards the intention to use. Amongst the variable,
Compatibility has the strongest influence followed by Cost and latter Relative Advantages
and last Image. PCIs can be predictors for the intention to use the innovation.
Keywords, Diffusion of Inovation, LED Lights, Energy Efficiency, PCI, Marketing Mix,
Lauterborn 4Cs
ABSTRAKSI (INDONESIA)
Beberapa tahun belakangan ini, inovasi baru telah diciptakan untuk mendukung
gagasan penghematan energi , salah satu teknologi yang paling terkenal adalah Light
Emitting Diode ( LED ) yaitu, lampu yang menggantikan lampu umum digunakan saat ini,
yaitu, Compact Fluorescent Lamp ( CFL ). Secara garis besar dibandingkan dengan CFL,
lampu LED tidak hanya mengurangi tingkat polusi akan tetapi mengkonsumsi lebih sedikit
energi, dan karena itu dalam arti yang lebih luas akan lebih sedikit bahan bakar fosil yang
diambil dari bumi . Sebenarnya teknologi LED telah ada sejak tahun 1962, akan tetapi
teknologi in baru saat ini mencapai kematangannya untuk dapat dimanfaatkan secara luas.
Kemajuan teknologi LED sebelumnya sudah diterapkan diterapkan dalam berbagai aplikasi,
penerbangan, sinyal lalu lintas, lampu otomotif, laboratorium, billboard dan teknologi
komunikasi lainnya.
Studi ini sangat penting karena memberikan pengecer lampu LED kesempatan untuk
lebih memahami tingkat kesadaran pasar, persepsi dan pertimbangan-pertimbangannya.
Dengan demikian akan dapat memberikan masukan pada strategi pemasaran yang tepat untuk
meraih pasar . Terkahir, penelitian ini akan memberikan pemahaman mengenai karakteristik
inovasi yang mana yang akan mempengaruhi keinginan pasar untuk menggunakannya.
Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui tingkat kesadaran pasar lampu
LED untuk pangsa pasar dan untuk mengidentifikasi karakteristik inovasi (PCI) yang
memiliki pengaruh signifikan atas potensi adopsi atau niat untuk menggunakan (mengadopsi)
produk inovasi tersebut . Pengumpulan data, meliputi pembagian kuesioner kepada 300 orang
dengan minat untuk membeli bola lampu untuk rumah mereka, dari 300 kuesioner , hanya
103 data dapat diolah menggunakan program SPSS ver.16 untuk analisis deskriptif dan
statistik
Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa tingkat kesadaran pasar rumah tangga akan inovasi
lampu LED sangat rendah , dibandingkan dengan tingkat kesadaran teknologi lampu LED.
Semua PCI diamati (keuntungan relatif, kompatibilitas, kesan dan biaya ) mempunyai
pengaruh langsung yang signifikan terhadap sikap dan mempunyai pengaruh tidak langsung
terhadap niat untuk menggunakan . Di antara variabel-variabel tersebut di atas, kompatibilitas
memiliki pengaruh terkuat diikuti oleh biaya dan keuntungan relatif, dan kesan memiliki
pengaruh yang terkecil. PCI dapat juga menjadi prediktor untuk niat untuk mengadopsi suatu
inovasi.
Kata Kunci , Difusi Inovasi , Lampu LED , Efisiensi Energi , PCI , Bauran Pemasaran ,
Lauterborn 4C
INTRODUCTION
Electricity crisis is no longer a threat, but has become a valid issue for Indonesia. In
November 2009, the president of Indonesia confirmed this with an explicit expression,
Indonesia is facing a major electricity crisis (Vivanews.com). The impact of this electrical
crisis has been obvious over the years by the endless increment of TDL (tariff dasarlistrik)
that makes electricity quite costly. Many believe that there is a smart solution for this
troublesome issue; conservation.
Electricity Conservation LED Lights Innovation.
Electricity conservation is an attitude of efficient electricity consumption. More
efficient usage of electricity will minimize the environment damage, and people may benefit
from less electricity charges. The main idea of electricity conservation is to still enjoy the
privilege of lights and other electrical devices, but with a more responsible and efficient
usage. In recent years, new innovations have been invented to support the idea of electricity
conservation; one of the most renowned technologies is Light Emitting Diode (LED). LEDs
are solid light bulbs which are extremely energy-efficient;retrofitting the commonly used
Incandescent and Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL). In comparison of LED to Incandescent
and CFL, not only it contains no harming mercury usage, and a much longer lifetime it also
consumes significantly less electricity.
The electrical usage of typical household, and lightning is accounted for the second
largest electricity consuming appliances for home, and Energy Efficiency and Conservation
Clearing House Indonesia (EECCHI) believes that Indonesian households are accounted for
approximately 11% of the total Indonesia energy consumption.Moreover, Indonesian
households are claimed to be the primary light consumer;
Research Purpose
The main purpose of this study is to investigate the residential-markets awareness
level towards LED lights. The second purpose is to identify which innovation-characteristics
(PCI) that strongly influences the potential adopters intention to use (adopt).
Significance of Study
This study is significant for four reasons: (1) the study offers an opportunity for the
LED retailers to have a greater understanding in regards to its market awareness, perception
and considerations (2) it is expected that this study offers some applicable inputs and
recommendations regarding the appropriate strategy for marketing LED lights into residential
market (3) provide a model of understanding in which innovation-characteristics strongest
influence the intention to use the innovation (adopt).
LITERATURE REVIEW
LED Technology Background
In 1950s, the firstLED was producedby British scientists who discovered that when
semiconductor gallium arsenide is subjected into a current, it emits low-level infrared light.
The first LED had properties similar to those of a transistor: high tolerance for shock and
vibration, and a long operating life(U.S. office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy, 2011). Though, the first LED has a low efficiency level of approximately only 1
lumen/watt; for four decades after the first LED generation the researchers have significantly
improved this technology. Todays LED commercial packaged efficiency level has
significantly awed the world by reaching as high as 124 lumen/ watt2, which exceeds the
efficacies of most incumbent technologies (DOE (c), 2010).
Innovation
Innovation is described as an idea, practice, or project that is perceived as new by an
individual or other unit of adoption (Roger, 2003, p. 12). One type of new product
innovation is dynamically continuous innovations; it involves changes in technology but is
being use in the same way as the predecessor, the buyers can easily understand the product
idea (Cowan, 2011). LED lightning adopts a totally new technology (LED) but is being apply
into the old concept of light bulb, thus LED lightning is under dynamically continuous
category of innovation. Rogers believed that innovation adoption consequences obstacle of
uncertainty creation; consequences are the changes that occur in an individual or social
system as the result of adoption or rejection of an innovation (Rogers, 2003, p. 436).
Innovation-diffusion process is described by Roger (2003) as uncertainty reduction process
(p. 232), and he suggests five attributes of innovation (relative advantage, compatibility,
complexity, trialability, observability) that he believe to reduce innovation uncertainty.
Relative advantage is defined by Rogers (2003) as the degree to which an innovation
is perceived as being better than the idea it supersedes (p. 229). This refers to the potential
adopters perception regarding the innovation to perform better and is superior to the
alternative products, concept and services.
Compatibilityand relative advantage are the only two attributes of innovation that
refer to the innovation itself (the product). Compatibility is the degree to which an
innovation is perceived as consistent with the perceiving values, past experiences and need of
the potential adopters (Rogers, 2003, p. 15).
Complexity is defined by Rogers (2003) as the degree to which the innovation is
perceived as relatively difficult to understand and use (p. 16). Complexity is the only
attributes that have negative relation with adoption rate of innovation, the higher degree of
complexity in an innovation the slower adoption rate of the innovation is.
METHODOLOGY
This paper combines exploratory, descriptive and causal research in sequence. The
exploratory research is executed in the early phase to help identify the research problem
faced in LED light industry. This is also a causal study as the research intention is to
investigate how innovation-characteristic variables influenced (cause-effect) the decision to
adopt (purchase) LED lights in residential sector.
Data Collection Method
For qualitative method; interviews, observations and focus group discussions are chosen,
and questionnaires for quantitative method. All data are being collected as a cross-sectional
study, and are collected at one-point in time, without examining the time interval difference
effect towards the variables.
Research Framework
The research model in this study is an illustration of the original concept by Rogers
(1995) concerning the Adoption of Technology. The model suggests that Perceivedcharacteristics of Innovation (PCI) ought to affect the attitude of the potential adopters
towards a particular innovation which in case is LED lights. Furthermore, attitude should
then affect the intention to use or adopt the innovation.
Research Questions
Question #1
: What is the current market awareness level towards LED house lightning
innovation?
Question #2
: Does PCI (relative advantage, compatibility, image and cost) have influence
over the potential markets attitude for LED household lights innovation?
Question #3
Relative Advantages
Hypothesis #2
Hypothesis #3
Compatibility
Hypothesis #4
Hypothesis #5
Image
Hypothesis #6
Hypothesis #7
Cost
Hypothesis #8
Hypothesis #9
Attitude
Hypothesis #10
RESULT
This study relies on questionnaires to collect data, and there are two phase in the distribution
of questionnaires; (1) pre-test to test the validity and reliability and (2) post-test. For pre-test,
30 questionnaires were distributed to potential respondents to test the validity and reliability,
as for the post-test 300 questionnaires were being spread. For the descriptive analyzing, all
300 respondents data is processed and analyzed, but in the later more complex analysis, only
103 data are processed due to the awareness qualification. While 30 samples of the pre-test
were further processed using SPSS ver.16, only 103 samples are being further processed for
the. Following are the result
Variables
Indicators
(Correlation
Coefficient)
r
Relative
Advantage
(RA)
Compatibility
(CP)
RA1
RA2
RA3
RA4
CP1
CP2
CP3
CP4
Image
(IM)
Cost
(CS)
Attitude
(A)
Intention to
Use
(IU)
IM1
IM2
IM3
CS1
CS2
AT1
AT2
AT3
AT4
AT5
AT6
IU1
IU2
IU3
0.727
0.708
0.585
0.464
0.416
0.430
0.705
0.518
0.729
0.765
0.545
0.660
0.660
0.521
0.558
0.440
0.647
0.645
0.699
0.619
0.433
0.529
(Cronbach's Alpha)
N of Items
0.799
0.723
0.813
0.794
0.806
0.704
manages to create a good image for the people, the innovation will be regarded with better
attitude.
Attitude towards Intention to Use
From the first regression we understand that all the observed PCI (relative advantages,
compatibility, image, and cost) have significant relationship with the attitude. Through the
second regression, the result shows an apparent significant positive relationship of attitude
with intention to use. Approximately 53.7% (r=0.537) of the changes in Intention to Use can
be explained by attitude, when PCI affects attitude and attitude affects the intention to use
LED lights for home, the relations can be simplified as the PCI indirectly affect the intention
to use LED lights for home. The result implies that when people have positive attitude
towards the innovation, is likely to have higher intention to use the innovation.
Recommendations
There are two forms of recommendations given in this study: (1) Marketing
Recommendations, and (2) Academic Recommendations
Marketing Recommendations
It is widely known that the consumer mostly value energy efficiency as the main
feature in purchasing lights, followed by durability and price. The marketing campaign of
LED lights should really highlight how this new innovation has more significant efficiency
comparing to other traditional light-source.
Cost (Price)
The main reason for those who aware of household LED lights existence but decides
not to use the innovation is the exceeding cost of the innovation. In fact, LED lights do have
higher price comparing to traditional light source. The main reason for its exceedingly high
price is due to the new technology application and imported parts of the production.
The significant demand of LED lights may result in mass production of the lights and
give the advantages in economies of scale that lessen the production cost per unit of LED
light. With mass production of LED lights the cost may fall and the price gap between LED
lights with other traditional light source will likely to close in. .
Convenience (Place)
Another issue faced by household LED lights as is mentioned in chapter 4, is the
scarcity of the product. There is a certain degree of difficulty in locating the stores that sell
LED lights, only a limited number of stores supply this new innovation. It is recommended
that LED lights should be supplied in more convenient places in which people commonly
purchase light-source for their homes. Hypermarkets such as Giant, Carrefour, Hypermart,
and Lotte-mart should supply LED lights in their stores to ease the buying process of the
lights.
Communication (Promotion)
Communication plays the main role in this recommendation to increase the awareness
level of the market towards LED lights for home. As is discussed in chapter 2, to boost the
awareness in the early phase of the innovation infusion, mass media communication works
best. The current situation is that people are not aware of the very existence of LED lights for
home; to encounter the situation there should be more campaign in mass media regarding of
LED lights existence and benefits. Mass media communication channels being recommended
are printed media (magazine and newspapers), television broadcast, outdoor media, and
internets.
Academic Recommendations
For future research with similar topic, there are several recommendations to be noted:
1. The scope of this particular research is limited to only South Tangerang, for
future research perhaps the scope can be widened into larger area to gain a more
thorough understanding of the subject.
2. This study does not emphasize on the marketing mix strategy needed for
household LED lights
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