[eng] The diffusion of a new technology of production depends on both its own characteristics in terms of profit and technical capabilities and the general conditions for investment.. This paper aims to explicit how diffusion processes are the combined result of investment behaviours and...

[eng] C. Antonelli - Costs and productivity in the textile firms,as a function of their size. The purpose of this note is to analyse total cost and productivity by size of firm in the Italian cotton and wool industry in the second half of the seventies. The analysis is broken down into the...