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The importance of diffusion of technology for economic growth has been emphasised by economic literature. Much of the … development and diffusion of technology) and the effects of output growth, according to the Schumpeterian lines. Following on the … entrepreneurship and the impact of the diffusion of technology in the inter-country and international economic contexts using some of …
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Using quarterly data of 58 countries, this paper provides empirical evidence that mobile phone diffusion from 2007 to …). In addition, we test if the impact on mobile phone diffusion differs whether technologies are local or global standards … (Global System for Mobile Communications) technology prevent the diffusion of third generation (3G) mobile phones. We show …
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on the economic impacts of this concept and especially the knowledge diffusion effects from trained to non … analyzing knowledge diffusion effects of FFS in Africa. Results show that the share of trained farmers in a community is a … decisive factor for adoption behavior and knowledge diffusion. It is concluded that when introducing an FFS, a critical mass of …
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The paper investigates the choice between conventional and organic production technologies for individual farmers in Hungarian agriculture. We employ sequential logit model on a cross-section data set of Hungarian farmers for the period 2007. Our estimations reveal that age of farmers has...
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success of companies such as Snapchat, Skype WhatsApp, Twitter or Spotify.. Understanding the rapid international diffusion of … choices are also affected by indirect network externalities due to the diffusion of smartphones, the complementary commodities …
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The main goal of this paper is to identify relationships between value orientations, beliefs and economic behavior of … according to levels of development as measured by GDP per capita. Different value orientations, beliefs and behaviors were …
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exerted by the individual beliefs about the cooperation of others in CPR management. …
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It is sometimes argued that introducing Indoor Residual Spray (IRS) in areas with high coverage of mosquito bed nets may discourage net ownership and use, which would hinder Malaria eradication rather than promote it. We analyze new data from a Randomized Control Trial conducted in Eritrea in...
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The psychology literature provides ample evidence that people have difficulties taking the perspective of less informed others. This paper presents a controlled experiment showing that this "curse of knowledge" can cause comparative overconfidence and overentry into competition. In a broader...
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