The decision to adopt e-commerce technology depends on a variety of variables. This paper explores the relative … importance of structural firm-specific variables, the intrinsic value of the technology, expectations concerning the evolution of … the technology, and the adoption behaviour of other agents. Almost all variables pertaining to the conventional structure …

We examine the diffusion of steam technology across British counties during the eighteenth century. First, we provide … order to assess the relative importance of the variables shaping the diffusion of steam power technology, we study the …

change. The model formalises the links between production technology, firm organisation (functional composition of employment … simulation. Product variety, differences in consumption preferences, organisational complexity and production technology …

where domestic innovation has to be complemented by the role played by international technology transfer. In the second part … technology transfer, labor-saving technological progress and skill-enhancing trade. …