income growth, focussing on the role of consumer inequality, values, and the diffusion process of technologies. Chapter 1 … preferences is used to show that after some minimum level of average income relative to the price of the technology is achieved … diffusion of new technology, while a large middle class is conducive to technology diffusion. These effects are stronger for …

one of the main features of globalization. Do emerging technologies, as they spread around the world, contribute to more … dynamics around a given technology are influenced by the way entrepreneurs and others package the technology, how governments … technology stops diffusing between and within countries. The book presents a series of recommendations for policy-makers and …

Against the pressing challenge of climate change, solar photovoltaic technology is widely considered as a clean and … renewable alternative to fossil fuels. Landscaping the development of solar technology worldwide, the case of China is prominent …, as it experienced a successful catching-up and a dramatic growth in production, deployment, and development of solar …