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The adoption of the Internet of things by young consumers : an empirical investigation
Mącik, Radosław - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 17 (2017) 2, pp. 363-388
preliminary study of young consumers about their adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) - treated as the emerging technology … research was to explore the adoption of IoT by young consumers in Poland regarding the level of adoption and factors explaining … modelling (CB-SEM). The current level of adoption of IoT by young consumers looks rather high (80% of respondents used at least …
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Research on interaction of innovation spillovers in the AI, Fin-Tech, and IoT industries : considering structural changes accelerated by COVID-19
Ho, Chi Ming - In: Financial innovation : FIN 9 (2023) 1, pp. 1-29
technology (Fin-tech) industries on the value of the internet of things (IoT) companies. Python was utilized to download public …-19. Additionally, this study finds that investing in large-cap growth stocks of IoT firms is more likely to yield excess …
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Market Access and Information Technology Adoption: Historical Evidence from the Telephone in Bavaria
Ploeckl, Florian - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2012
Information technology, like the telephone, influences market access; this paper answers the question about a reverse effect, does market access affect information technology, in particular its adoption?  Using the introduction of the telephone in Bavaria, I demonstrate with a rank, order and...
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The impact of internet diffusion on marriage rates: Evidence from the broadband market
Bellou, Andriana - 2013
The Internet has the potential to reduce search frictions by allowing individuals to identify faster a larger set of available options that conform to their preferences. One market that stands to benefit from this process is that of marriage. This paper empirically examines the implications of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293205
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Cost efficiency, Morishima, Allen-Uzawa and Cross-Price elasticities among Irish potato farmers in Dedza district, Malawi
Assa, Maganga M.; Edriss, Abdi-Khalil; Matchaya, … - In: International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied … 6 (2013) 1, pp. 59-73
Malawi has experienced a forward shift in its demand for Irish potato (Solanum tuberosum) consumption. Given limited resources at farmers' disposal, meeting the growing demand will require farmers to follow the efficient path of the farm production resources. This paper, therefore, is an attempt...
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Enablers of strong cookstove sales through a purchase offer approach in rural Senegal: An explorative analysis
Bensch, Gunther; Peters, Jörg - 2016
The use of well-designed improved cookstoves (ICS) in regions devoid of modern energy yields high private and social returns, mostly related to considerable woodfuel savings. Take-up rates are nonetheless often very low when people have to pay costcovering prices. This paper presents main...
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Are promotion programs needed to establish off-grid solar energy markets? Evidence from rural Burkina Faso
Bensch, Gunther; Grimm, Michael; Huppertz, Max; … - 2016
Off-grid solar electric power is a promising technology for remote regions in rural Africa where expansion of the electricity grids is prohibitively expensive. Using household data from a target region of an off-grid solar promotion program in Burkina Faso, this paper explores the role of...
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Who Are Afraid of Losing Their Jobs to Artificial Intelligence and Robots? Evidence from a Survey
Morikawa, Masayuki - 2017
and robotics. The second interest is to identify, from the viewpoint of consumers, what types of services are likely to be …
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Economic Development, Novelty Consumption, and Body Weight: Evidence from the East German Transition to Capitalism
Dragone, Davide; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2015
This paper develops a conceptual framework that can explain why economic development goes along with increases in body weight and obesity rates. We first introduce the concept of novelty consumption, which refers to an increase in food availability due to trade or innovation. Then we study how...
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The Blessing of Cash
Seitz, Franz; Krueger, Malte - 2017
This study investigates the benefits of cash in a general context. First, we explicitly address the arguments of cash critics, who are calling for cash to be abolished altogether. Second, we show that cash plays a crucial role in the current two-tier banking system. Third, we are discussing a...
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