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A new view of general purpose technologies

Cantner, Uwe; Vannuccini, Simone - 2012

; Long Waves ; Business Cycles ; Dominant design ; Pervasiveness of technologies ; Neo-Schumpeterian economics …

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Factors determining the adoption of energy-saving technologies in Swiss firms : an analysis based on micro data

Arvanitis, Spyridon; Ley, Marius - 2010

This study investigates the factors that determine the inter-firm and intra-firm adoption rates of energy-saving technologies. These factors can be on theoretical terms firm-specific rank effects, inducement effects, adoption barriers as well as order, stock and epidemic effects that are related...

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The adoption of ICT : firm-level evidence from Irish manufacturing industries

Haller, Stefanie (contributor); … - 2007

This paper examines factors driving ICT adoption at firm level. We use a novel data set including information on ICT and e-commerce in Irish manufacturing firms over the period 2001-2004 and estimate a model derived from the new technology adoption literature that relates ICT adoption indicators...

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Market-Based Instruments and Technology Choices : A Synthesis

Calel, Raphael - 2011

Market-based instruments are widely used to encourage innovation and investment in cleaner technologies. Using a simple analytical framework and graphical representations, this paper provides a theoretical synthesis of the relationship between emissions prices/taxes and the firm's optimal...

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Following the Trail of a General Purpose Technology : Electrical & Electronic Technological Adoption in the1920s

Petralia, Sergio - 2020

It has been argued that “General Purpose Technologies” (GPTs) have the power to change the pace and direction of economic progress. Although there is empirical evidence on the virtuous effect of the diffusion of these technologies, this evidence is mostly based, if not exclusively, on...

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Timing of Technology Adoption and Product Market Competition

Milliou, Chrysovalantou; Petrakis, Emmanuel - 2021

This paper examines how product market competition affects firms’ timing of adopting a new technology as well as whether the market provides sufficient adoption incentives. It shows that adoption dates differ not only among symmetric firms but also among markets with Cournot and Bertrand...

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Endogenous growth and cycles with a continuum of technologies

Horii, Ryo - 2001

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Endogenous growth, backstop technology adoption and optimal jumps

Valente, Simone - 2009

sustained supply of essential energy inputs previously obtained from exhaustible resources (e.g. oil). Growth is knowledge …

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Technological change, human capital structure, and multiple growth paths

Kim, Yong Jim; Lee, Jong-Wha - 2009

This paper presents a theoretical model to analyze the effects of technology change on growth rates of income and human capital in the uncertain environments of technology. The uncertainty comes from two sources; the possibility of a technology advance and the characteristics of new...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003817262

Endogenous growth and cycles with a continuum of technologies

Horii, Ryo (contributor) - 2001 - [Elektronische Ressource]

public knowledge about that technology, which accumulates through spillovers. When firms shift continuously to superior … choose the same technology, accumulated knowledge makes this choice privately optimal for a certain time period, and the … ; growth cycles ; technology choice ; R&D spillovers ; continuous and discrete technological progress ; general purpose …

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