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New technologies and firm organization : the case of electronic traceability systems in French agribusiness

Galliano, Danielle; Orozco, Luis - HAL - 2013

This paper considers the relationship between the adoption of electronic traceability systems (ETSs) and the organization of firms. More precisely, it analyzes the respective roles of a firm's organizational structure, and organizational changes, in the process of ETS adoption in agribusiness....

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Routinization-Biased Technical Change, Globalization and Labor Market Polarization: Does Theory Fit the Facts?

Jung, Jaewon; Mercenier, Jean - HAL - 2010

There is now ample evidence that jobs and wages have been polarizing at the extremes of the skill distribution since the early 90s. Autor, Levy and Murnane (2003) have suggested that this might be due to technology substituting more easily for labor in performing routine rather than non-routine...

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The environment and directed technical change : comment

Hourcade, Jean Charles; Pottier, Antonin; Espagne, Etienne - HAL - 2011

This paper discusses the growth model with environmental constraints recently presented in (Acemoglu et al., 2011) which focuses on the redirection of technical change by climate policies with research subsidies and a carbon tax. First, Acemoglu et al.'s model and chosen parameters yield...

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Mitigation strategies and energy technology learning: an assessment with the POLES model

Criqui, Patrick; Mima, Silvana; Menanteau, Philippe; … - HAL - 2014

This paper explores various dimensions of the learning process for low-carbon technologies under different mitigation scenarios. It uses the POLES model, which addresses learning as an endogenous phenomenon with learning curves, and a set of scenarios developed as part of the AMPERE project. It...

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The economics of changing course: implications of adaptability and inertia for optimal climate policy.

Grubb, Michael; Thierry, Chapuis; Ha-Duong, Minh - HAL - 1995

technical innovation and systemic change in the energy sector is largely induced by need, and restrained by potentially large …

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Prospects for the hydrogen transition based on the network economic approach : Insights from the electricity and gas experience in Europe

Bento, Nuno - HAL - 2007

This paper aims to investigate the transition to a new energy system based on hydrogen in the European liberalized framework. After analyzing the literature on the hydrogen infrastructure needs in Europe, we estimate the size and scope of the transition challenge.We take the theoretical...

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Entrepreneurship turnover and endogenous returns to ability

Crifo, Patricia; Sami, Hind - HAL - 2008

This paper proposes a model of entrepreneurial turnover highlighting a non-monotone relationship between technological change and ability-biased sorting into entrepreneurial types. Entrepreneurial decisions are examined in a two-stage model under uncertainty in which entrepreneurs decide to...

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Is the New Economy a Useful Concept ?

Paulré, Bernard - HAL - 2000

The present paper examines the meaning and usefulness of the concept of a New Economy. This construct, which first began to appear in the media in the mid-1990s, is utilised today with a variety of definitions and intentions. Having identified three possible denotations or orientations relating...

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Process Moves in The Intra-organizational Diffusion of Knowledge Management: Preliminary Findings from A Study on CKO Effectiveness

Raub, Steffen; Rüling, Charles-Clemens - HAL - 2002

The existing literature on Chief Knowledge Officers (CKOs) focuses on individual characteristics and organizational context but fails to convincingly address the issue of process dynamics in terms of effective and ineffective CKO moves and strategies. In order to address this gap we review...

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The determinants of innovation adoption

Autant-Bernard, Corinne; Guironnet, Jean-Pascal; … - HAL - 2010

Using a sample of 46 000 EU firms from the Community Innovation Survey, this paper analyses the drivers of innovation … adoption. In contrast to most empirical studies on innovation diffusion in which a specific technology is analyzed, this study … applied in a context of binary endogenous variable to explain the choices made by firms regarding innovation. Distinctions are …

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