large and complex market. Our study generates several interesting results related to the adoption and diffusion of Health … influence on adoption; (6) there is a distinct State-specific effect suggesting that information privacy, medical malpractice …We empirically examine the determinants of adoption of information technology by primary healthcare clinics using a …

on productivity, or have operated indirectly as barriers to the diffusion of productivity-enhancing innovations across …

whether the market provides sufficient adoption incentives. It shows that adoption dates differ not only among symmetric firms … adoption than Bertrand competition. It shows also that competition toughness does not always reinforce adoption incentives …. When goods are differentiated enough, adoption occurs later than it is socially optimal. …

There is much debate on how the flow of information between firms should be organized, and whether existing privacy … laws should be amended. We offer a welfare comparison of the three main current policies towards consumer privacy … costly to opt in or opt out, privacy policies shape firms’ ability to collect and use customer information, and affect their …

In the United States child adoption costs vary considerably, ranging from no out-of-pocket expense to $50,000 or more …. What are the causes for the variability in adoption expenses? We administered a survey to a sample of Michigan adoptive … families to link adoptive parent characteristics, child characteristics, and adoption-related expenses and subsidies. We then …

Understanding how price regulations affect the adoption of new patent-protected pharmaceutical technologies is a … statistically significant and robust price effect in the adoption of new pharmaceutical technologies; low-prices result in reduced … and slower adoption. Concentrated therapeutic subgroups, reflecting market crowding constitutes a significant barrier to …

adoption of generic competition. This paper aims to investigate how price regulations in the OECD affect the adoption of … heterogeneity. Ex-ante profit expectations result in faster adoption; both expected price and market size increase the probability … adoption across different specifications. Instead, evidence indicates that generic competitors follow a locally oriented …

We analyze the extent of the integrated control of the state over privatized firms during the post-privatization decade … (1995–2005) in the Czech Republic. During this period the integrated control potential of the state resembled a corporate … pyramid. While pyramidal control was not fully utilized, the golden share in the hands of the state substantially enhanced its …