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We provide novel empirical evidence on the association between social networks and the adoption of renewable energy … technology. We distinguish between two main transmission mechanisms through which social networks can affect renewable energy …
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agents to communicate with farmers, although social networks are known to be the most credible source of information about … partnered with different members of social networks. We show that communicator actions and effort are susceptible to small …
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’ limited access to information. In smallholder settings, information often spreads through informal networks. Better … understanding of such networks could potentially help to spur innovation and farmers’ exposure to new technologies. This study uses … survey data from Tanzania to analyze social networks and their role for the spread of information about improved varieties of …
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agents to communicate with farmers, although social networks are known to be the most credible source of information about … partnered with different members of social networks. We show that communicator actions and effort are susceptible to small …
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This paper analyses the pathways of technology diffusion through social networks, following the experimental …-participants. However, these effects are heterogeneous across different types of networks-the most relevant being a farmer's 'financial …
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household-level panel data from Ethiopia. We correct for possible biases due to the endogeneity of social networks using a … household can rely on and by clustered networks in which most friends of the household are friends of each other …
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about a new agricultural technology is transmitted through social networks, and what effect information gained through … social networks has on technology demand at the household level. The technology in question is laser land leveling (LLL) — a … networks occurs primarily through visits to adopting farmers’ fields. Second, having a first-generation adopter in a farmer …
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This study proposes an exploratory methodology for analyzing participation in Electronic Networks of Practice, focusing … participants' interrelations. These findings provide a comprehensive understanding of participation in Electronic Networks of … Practice and show the methodology's broader applicability in analyzing professional networks. The study's insights are vital …
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and national research networks of organizations. Our objective is to identify the determinants of countries' international … research embeddedness by looking at national policies and structural properties of the national research networks. We observe a …
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Interactions among peers of the same social network play significant roles in facilitating the adoption and diffusion of modern technologies in poor communities. We conduct a large-scale randomized controlled trial in rural India to identify the impact of information from friends on willingness...
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