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Co-Diffusion of Technologies in Social Networks

Lazzati, Natalia - 2018

This paper studies the diffusion process of two complementary technologies among people who are connected through a social network. It characterizes adoption rates over time for different initial allocations and network structures. We are particularly interested in the following question:...

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Technologies follow technologies and occasionally social groups

Hübler, Michael; Bühler, Dorothee Christine - 2023

communication technology) ownership, measured as the number of smartphones within a household, depends upon socioeconomic character …

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Learning about a new technology : pineapple in Ghana

Conley, Timothy G.; Udry, Christopher - In: The American economic review 100 (2010) 1, pp. 35-69

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Productivity and the performance of agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean : from the lost decade to the commodity boom

Nin, Alejandro; Falconi, César A.; Ludena, Carlos E.; … - 2015

This study analyzes the performance of Latin America and the Caribbean's agriculture between 1980 and 2012 looking at the contribution of inputs, and total factor productivity (TFP) to growth in output per worker. A growth accounting approach that goes along the lines of neoclassical growth...

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Brazil's agricultural total factor productivity growth by farm size

Helfand, Steven M.; Magalhães, Marcelo; Rada, Nicholas E. - 2015

The role of farm size has recently come to the forefront of agricultural development debates. Agricultural development policy often focuses on small farms given evidence of their role in poverty reduction and of higher yields. Yet policy has also focused on large farms due to their share of...

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Corporate Concentration and Technological Change in the Global Seed Industry

Bonny, Sylvie - 2017

In the past three decades, the seed sector has experienced, and is now again experiencing, corporate concentration trends. The fallout of this consolidation is the subject of numerous concerns. However, the seed sector is rather poorly understood. Thus, it is useful to understand it better and...

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Monitoring agricultural productivity for sustainable production and R&D planning

Laborde Debucquet, David; Piñeiro, Valeria - 2018

Argentina’s G20 presidency has emphasized the need to improve soil management and sustainably increase agricultural productivity to achieve an inclusive and resilient food future. While increased agricultural productivity can improve economic welfare and help address food security problems by...

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Monitoring agricultural productivity for sustainable production and R&D planning

Laborde Debucquet, David; Piñeiro, Valeria - 2018

Argentina's G20 presidency has emphasized the needs to improve soil management and increase agricultural productivity in a sustainable way to achieve an inclusive and resilient food future. While increases in agricultural productivity improve economic welfare and can help address food security...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011897805

Radio and Technology Adoption During India's Green Revolution : Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Vasudevan, Srinivasan - 2022

Adoption of innovative technologies is central to improving agricultural productivity. Farmers in developing countries … fragmentation can therefore limit technology adoption and consequently stunt productivity growth. Can mass communication play a role … paper demonstrates that mass communication can indeed play a key role in diffusing profitable agricultural innovations when …

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Affective and social factors influencing the continuance intention of using social technology for the case-based learning

Ractham, Peter; Chen, Charlie C.; Srisawas, Siriporn - In: International journal of management, knowledge and … 1 (2012) 2, pp. 173-188

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