Over the coming century, computer technology is likely to become capable of reproducing many of the skills now … capable of performing human work skills. The basic model, with a single sector and homogeneous labor, projects output growth … rates over the next few decades that are substantially above historical growth rates in industrialized countries, assuming …

better incentives for technology diffusion. … more effective technology adoption incentives than conventional regulatory standards. We explore this issue for an … permit system used during the lead phasedown provided incentives for more efficient technology adoption decisions. Where …

This study examines the extent to which software diffusion and infusion affect the decision to replace 'off … of software diffusion and higher levels of software infusion act as disincentives on the firm's decision to upgrade or … change off-the-shelf software. Our focus on software diffusion and infusion extends previous research that only examined …

The purpose of this study was to determine faculty perceptions about factorsimpacting the adoption and diffusion of Web …¢Â€Â™ theory of adoption and diffusion, is a modified replication of a study by Li(2004), in the context of Ghana. Data were …, trialability, andobservability) impacting the adoption and diffusion of WBETs. The third was used tocollect data about ten barriers …

among the disciplines with respect to technology transfer and diffusion by summarizing the perspectives presented in the … the interface between the public and private sectors in promoting the transfer and diffusion of new technologies. Our … ability to transfer and diffuse new technologies is generally recognized as a key to increased productivity in the United …

's investments drive earnings growth and, hence, market value of equity. Technologies develop and flourish or die out through the … to spread (or diffuse) the innovations into wider use. Hence, technology is important for the investment decisions of all … success rate of past technological investments, technology complexity, and the technology development period. We use the …

This paper examines the causal links between productivity growth and two price series given by domestic inflation and … stochastic translog cost frontier to generate improved estimates of total factor productivity (TFP) growth. The results indicate … negative unidirectional causality running from both price series to mining productivity growth. Regression analysis further …

Social programs can reduce productivity and growth as they inadvertently generate perverse incentives for workers and … firms contribute to explain differences in productivity growth across countries, on one hand; and to evidence suggesting a … public investment partly account for Mexico’s lackluster growth and productivity performance in the context of intensified …

development of national productivity. As technology is also embodied in human capital, the paper empirically investigates the … that international labour movement transfer technology across borders in both directions: from donor countries to host … countries and vice versa. Other findings are that human capital has significant impact in R&D diffusion process as it enhances a …

production technology. Then we estimate the total factor productivity series for each classification. Using determinants of total …Do openness and human capital accumulation promote economic growth? While intuition argues yes, the existing empirical … factor productivity that include, among many others, human capital, openness, and distortion of domestic prices relative to …