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productivity other than diffusion), and from the many suggestions for restructuring the paper that I received from two anonymous … to the paper’s present exposition of the challenges posed to empirical identification of alternative diffusion mechanisms …
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Our objective in this paper is to analyse the determinants of the use of advanced manufacturing technologies in manufacturing firms. We go beyond more traditional approaches and consider the role of complementarities in technology adoption at two levels. First, we adapt Teece's (1986) framework...
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technology. An educational video developed by AfricaRice was used for it diffusion. Women have expressed high interest in the use … central Benin to estimate the actual and potential adoption rates of this technology and the determinants of its diffusion and … adoption. 85% of the sampled women were exposed to the technology in 2008. With this incomplete diffusion, the actual adoption …
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Australian governments have agreed to develop and implement policies to promote more efficient use of water resources and improved water quality. Policy objectives may include incentives for investment in efficient irrigation technologies. However, the presence of large, sunk investment and the...
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This paper studies energy conversion technology adoption in the electricity supply sector from the perspective of irreversible investments under uncertainty, and with a particular interest in environmental sustainability. We develop a dynamic technology adoption model that is firmly rooted in...
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