large and complex market. Our study generates several interesting results related to the adoption and diffusion of Health …We empirically examine the determinants of adoption of information technology by primary healthcare clinics using a … Information Technology (HIT), including: (1) the adoption probabilities vary considerably by the specific type of clinic; (2) in …

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. …

diffusion and, to some extent, shaped the geography of innovation. …

of linguistic distances between European regions. We find that the fertility decline resulted from a gradual diffusion of … culturally closer to the French faced lower barriers to the adoption of new social norms and attitudes towards fertility control. …

Pilot and demonstration (P&D) projects are commonly deployed to catalyze early adoption of technology, but are poorly … examine whether they accelerate green building adoption. To identify effects of P&Ds on adoption, we develop a difference … adoption rates within markets affected by P&D projects. Further analyses examine mechanisms driving this effect. Subsequent …

diffusion channels and two types (national versus USPTO) of patent filings. Knowledge spillovers to EMEs accruing from (i) the … language, culture or geographical characteristics in knowledge diffusion. Overall, the breadth and depth of knowledge …

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