Diffusion patterns of products are known to differ significantly between countries. Studies that mainly focused on consumer contexts in European countries show that culture has a significant effect on innovation diffusion and consumer innovativeness. In the present research we focus on adoption...

Diffusion patterns of products are known to differ significantly between countries. Studies that mainly focused on consumer contexts in European countries show that culture has a significant effect on innovation diffusion and consumer innovativeness. In the present research we focus on adoption...

The results of a survey of first-year economics courses offered at Australian universities are summarized and compared with those obtained for undergraduate economics courses offered in the United States. The main differences are that in Australia lecture classes are much larger and small...

The Medicare program is now an important source of transfers to elderly and disabled beneficiaries, and will continue to grow rapidly in the future. Because the Medicare program is so large in magnitude, it can have significant redistributional effects. In this paper, we measure the flow of...

Experts have been regularly predicting the death of classical music for decades. Yet, CD sales and audience attendance seems to be holding steady. Perhaps the real problem is keeping the music relevant to future audiences.

F. Fukuyama's thesis argues that trust between economic players is a key factor for explaining performance. This contribution examines recent findings by La Porta et al. [1997] who have verified F. Fukuyama's thesis on a sample of forty countries. Using the same database, we conduct an empirical...

France has a strong basis for developing international business education due primarily to its language, culture and institutions. However, Jean-Claude Usunier shows these can also be retarding factors; the way the universities and grandes ecoles are regulated is one, over-centralisation of...