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manufacturing and product specificity of in-house production. In this framework, globalization can lead to alternating waves of …
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recent decades as a result of increased globalization of knowledge, technologies and economies. In particular I look at the … development in a number area where similar trends are observed. The areas studied include globalization, in-sourcing and …
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Der Handel mit antiquarischen Büchern hat durch das Internet - zumindest aus Kundensicht - eine Umwälzung erfahren wie … antiquarische Bücher konnte nicht festgestellt werden, dass Antiquare, die ganz oder überwiegend über das Internet verkaufen …
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estimates the impacts of several competitive strategies on the values of the well-known Internet retailer Amazon.com and three …
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In this paper we apply agent-based methodology on an issue that is fundamental for economic prosperity and growth: the diffusion of innovations. The diffusion of innovations is one of the topics where agent-based simulation is an extremely fruitful method allowing not only the observation of...
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Europe trails the global frontier of productivity growth and the region's trend is sluggish. Much prospective economic growth for Europe is likely to come from AI and its adoption by European firms which is projected to shoot up the productivity trend. For such AI-generated growth to work, high...
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How can economic theory explain the reasons why consumers adopt innovations? Using the example of innovations in washing machines two approaches are compared. The first focuses in the manner of household production theory on changes in constraints without specifying preferences, leading to the...
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In Germany, solar thermal systems (STS) have only diffused to a minor extent yet. This paper analyzes, which demand side factors are decisive for the further proliferation of this environmentally benign technology. Making use of a consumer survey in North-West Germany in 2007, we examine the...
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Although in its infancy, one promising application of Internet technology for firms is so-called Internet commerce or … likely to use this new Internet application if others within the same industry likewise do it. We find no significant effects …
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In this paper we provide an overview of the situation of the Internet in Latin America and argue that, although … environment for innovation in the countries; in that respect, the adoption of the Internet may prove to be no different than other … the fact that countries with better telephone infrastructure are also the ones with more Internet hosts. We found that the …
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