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Determinants of Intra-firm Diffusion Process of ICT: Theoretical Sources and Empirical Evidence from Catalan Firms

Youssef, Adel Ben; Merino, David Castillo; Hadhri, Walid - HAL - 2012

The analysis of the main determinants of intra-firm diffusion of digital technologies is becoming in the focus of attention. However, there is a lack of empirical research, particularly in Europe. This paper proposes a specific approach to modelling intra-firm diffusion process by combining the...

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The Brazilian organic food sector: Prospects and constraints of facilitating the inclusion of smallholders

Blanc, Julien; Kledal, Paul - HAL - 2012

The Brazilian organic food sector has experienced important growth during the last two decades. Brazilian smallholders … Institutional Economics and socio-anthropology, we analyze six experiences of Brazilian smallholders who converted to organics in … inclusion of smallholders into all three food systems. We confirmed the arguments in support of pursuing the agroecological …

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Determinants of diffusion and adoption of improved technology for rice parboiling in Benin

Dandedjrohoun, Lidia; Diagne, Aliou; Biaou, Gauthier; … - HAL - 2012

problem, the national agricultural research institute of Benin and Africa Rice Center have developed improved rice parboiling …

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Trade, technology adoption and wage inequalities: theory and evidence

Bas, Maria - HAL - 2008

empirical evidence supporting the main assumption and predictions of the model using plant level panel data of Chilean …

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Subsidising network technology adoption the case of publishers and E-readers

Matttia De' Grassi Di Pianura - HAL - 2012

To market a new network technology effectively, manufacturers need to understand the structure and size of network effects associated with the product. If consumers' surplus from adoption depends positively on the number of interconnections in the network, early adopters may need to be...

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How does the design of international environmental agreements affect investment in environmentally friendly technologies ?

Bayramoglu, Basak - HAL - 2007

This paper studies the link between the design of international environmental agreements and the incentives for the private sector to invest in cleaner technologies. More specifically, it compares the performance, in the Paretoo sense, of two types of agreement : an agreement on a uniform...

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Technological vs ecological switch and the environmental Kuznets curve

Boucekkine, Raouf; Pommeret, Aude; Prieur, Fabien - HAL - 2011

We consider an optimal technology adoption AK model in line with Boucekkine Krawczyk and Vallée (2011): an economy, caring about consumption and pollution as well, starts with a given technological regime and may decide to switch at any moment to a cleaner technology at a given permanent or...

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Household Adoption of Water-Efficient Equipment : The Role of Socio-economic Factors, Environmental Attitudes and Policy

Millock, Katrin; Nauges, Céline - HAL - 2010

Using survey data of around 10,000 households from 10 OECD countries, we identify the driving factors of household adoption of water-efficient equipment by estimating Probit models of a household's probability to invest in such equipment. The results indicate that environmental attitudes and...

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Is a public regulation of food price volatility feasible in Africa? An arch approach in Kenya

D'Hôtel, Elodie Maître; Cotty, Tristan Le; Jayne, Thomas - HAL - 2012

institutional conditions of its implementation. Kenya is a particularly interesting case as it is characterized by a rather long … prices and prices volatility are jointly estimated, using monthly data over the 1994-2009 period in Kenya. …

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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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