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Using a sample of 46 000 EU firms from the Community Innovation Survey, this paper analyses the drivers of innovation adoption. In contrast to most empirical studies on innovation diffusion in which a specific technology is analyzed, this study covers several countries and industries in the...

Using a sample of 46 000 EU firms from the Community Innovation Survey, this paper analyses the drivers of innovation adoption. In contrast to most empirical studies on innovation diffusion in which a specific technology is analyzed, this study covers several countries and industries in the...

Grown in Jamaica since the days of slavery, food yams are major staples in local diets and a significant non-traditional export crop. The cultivation system used today is the same as 300 years ago, with alleged unsustainable practices. A new cultivation system called minisett was introduced in...

Industrial inter-firm networks and interpersonal networks often take a so-called scale-free distribution in which numerous peripheral actors are connected to one or a few highly central actors. Previous research has argued that central actors in scale-free networks will be late adopters of...

The technological innovation, nowadays, is one of the most important determinant for increasing the wealth of the nations. Souder and Shrivastrava said “we can’t begin to make decisions about technology until we understand it. And we can’t begin to really understand it until we can measure...

Cet article propose une analyse de l'influence exercée par la plus ou moins faible densité des zones rurales sur le processus de diffusion des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication (TIC) au sein des entreprises. Outre les aspects spatiaux du processus de diffusion des TIC, les...

It is now well known that the technology adoption decisions of consumers depend on the number of existing adopters (Arthur, 1989) and so, the adoption decisions of consumers are interdependent. This paper investigates the societal implications of two interdependency types that are not adequately...

Based on a survey carried out in 1990. Suggests that decreased employment opportunity is a result of changes in consumer behaviour, which have made technological restructuring necessary.

Evolution of consumers' preferences has been recognized by many scholars as being key to understanding technological change. However, mainstream economics cannot account for the seemingly irrational behavior of consumers based on changes in taste – consumer theory lacks exibility and accuracy...