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The Induced Innovation Hypothesis and Energy-Saving Technological Change

Newell, Richard G.; Jaffe, Adam B.; Stavins, Robert N. - 1998

We develop a methodology for testing Hick's induced innovation hypothesis by estimating a product-characteristics model of energy-using consumer durables, augmenting the hypothesis to allow for the influence of government regulations. For the products we explored, the evidence suggests: (i) the...

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Computeer-based decision support tools for evaluation of actions affecting flow and water quality in the San Joaquin Basin

Quinn, N.W.T. - 2008

This document is a preliminary effort to draw together some of the important simulation models that are available to Reclamation or that have been developed by Reclamation since 1987. This document has also attempted to lay out a framework by which these models might be used both for the...

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Trickle by trickle: municipalization of the New Orleans water system in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Kolb, Carolyn - 2000

Regionalism is being explored by a wide variety of community players who include representatives from the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors (Dodge 1996, 1). Intermunicipal agreements, county service expansion, new region-wide special purpose governments, and multi-sector coalitions of...

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A cost comparison of traditional drainage and SUDS in Scotland

Duffy, A.; Jefferies, Christopher; Blackwood, David J.; … - 2008

and flooding issues necessitated a holistic approach to drainage planning and the site has become a European showcase for … the application of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS). However, there is minimal data available regarding the real … the UK where actual costs of constructing and maintaining SUDS have been compared to an equivalent traditional drainage …

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Developing consumer-based service brand equity via the Internet: the role of personalization and trialability

Chau, PYK; Ho, CKY - 2008

The commercialization of the Internet has provided opportunities for building service brands in the minds of consumers. Services are characterized as intangible, heterogeneous, inseparable, and perishable features that often engender high information costs and, hence, low perceived value to...

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The diffusion of health information technology: practice characteristics and competition as drivers of adoption

Callaway, Brant - 2010

This paper considers the adoption of Health Information Technology (HIT) by physician clinics with ten or fewer physicians. The paper considers the theoretical economics literature on technology adoption for a new technology and has a place in the empirical tests of these models. The two major...

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Technology adoption and inequality

Faissol, Daniel Mello - 2008

The prices of technological equipment have seen significant declines in recent decades. In Chapter 2 of this thesis, we examine the evidence and causes of these price declines. Among several factors, we focus on the learning curve effect where the cost of producing technological equipment...

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Balancing User Privacy Concerns in the Adoption of Location-Based Services: An Empirical Analysis across Pull-Based and Push-Based Applications

Xu, Heng; Gupta, Sumeet; Pan, Shi - 2009

Location-Based Services (LBS) bring unprecedented mobility andpersonalization value to nomadic individuals and hence carrygreat commercial potential. However, the commercial potential ofLBS is obscured by the user’s concerns for privacy whereby theLBS provider can misuse the confidential...

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Livelihood Disruption and Venture Creation: Entrepreneurship as Technology Adoption, A Case of Tobacco Farmer in Kentucky

Khantachavana, Sivalai V.; Just, David R.; … - 2010

Entrepreneurship means making discrete changes in livelihood activities that involve substantial risks to income. While the rewards may be substantial, transactions costs may make decisions irreversible. This paper draws a comparison between entrepreneurship and technology adoption. Adopting a...

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A STUDY ON THE FACTORS AFFECTING ADOPTION OF ELECTRONIC CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN UGANDAN SMES

OLUPOT, Charles; KITUYI, Geoffrey Mayoka; NOGUERA, Jose - 2014

The recent global recession has pushed businesses to search for means to efficiently and effectively manage their customers so as to remain competitive. This has led to the rise in the adoption and use of information technology in different business functions. These developments have yielded...

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