We examine the trade-off between functionality and data privacy inherent in many AI products by conducting a randomized survey experiment with 1,734 participants from the US and several European countries. Participants' willingness to adopt a hypothetical, AI-enhanced app is measured under three...

Smart classrooms represent innovative learning facilities that seamlessly blend physical reality with digital learning environments, facilitated by advanced technologies. As smart classrooms have significant impacts on individual learning and development, it is essential to comprehend...

The main purpose of the article is to analyze the inter-organizational cooperation of enterprises for innovation in the Polish economy compared to the rest of Europe. The micro perspective assesses in detail the scope and scale of cooperation of Polish enterprises with selected stakeholders of...

Commercializing technologies from universities is often hindered by insufficient resources, prolonged development cycles, and limited industry engagement. A Technology Transfer Office (TTO) typically supports these efforts, yet many initiatives still fail without an effective strategy. This...

While economic factors in directed technical and scientific change have been widely studied, the role of teacher-directed scientific change has received little attention. This paper studies teacher-directed scientific change for one of the largest changes in the direction of research, the...

This study explores how French firms use artificial intelligence, leveraging a uniquely detailed and representative dataset with information on the use of specific AI technologies and how AI systems are deployed across different business functions within firms, in 2020 and 2022. The use of AI is...

We investigate the diffusion of frontier technologies across German firms before and during the Covid-19 crisis. Our analysis tracks the nature, timing, and pandemic-related motivations behind technology investments, using tailor-made longitudinal survey data linked to administrative worker-firm...

Introducing new technology into a military force during an ongoing conflict presents significant challenges, extending beyond logistics to include the uncertainty of how effectively soldiers can adapt to and deploy the new capabilities. This study examines how the mastery of new technology...

We present evidence for taste-based discrimination against Chinese first authors in economic citations. We utilize a gravity model of citations and interpret the bias as a negative effect of "cultural distance". After controlling for quality as well as author-, paper-, and journal-specific...

Deployment of new onshore wind power faces challenges due to growing resistance, prompting increased interest in the development of effective deployment strategies. One approach is to examine historical deployment to identify factors shaping its distribution within a country. Current literature...

The energy transition requires new conceptual frames to understand the emergence of new spatial patterns and developing new geographies of energy. This article uses Hungary as a case study to examine the role of spatial dependency for the household energy mix, especially for traditional heating...

Both the demand for skilled labor and the skill wage premium have become increasingly dispersed across the United States. This paper examines how technological change within occupations drives these uneven local developments. Combining a novel measure of technological change-capturing shifts in...

Climate change is a global-scale structural change, affecting economies across the world, alongside global fragmentation, digitalisation and demographics. This paper analyses the diffusion of climate policies and technologies and the role of institutions and governance in that process. It...

This analytical report "User Needs for Technology Infrastructures" complements the Expert Group on Technology Infrastructures report "Towards a European Policy for Technology Infrastructures, Building Bridges to Competitiveness". The report gathers extensive evidence on user needs for TIs,...

The Regional Innovation Valleys (RIVs) initiative is one of 25 actions of the New European Innovation Agenda (NEIA). It aims to harness the full innovation potential across Europe, connecting less and more innovative regions and addressing social challenges through cutting edge technology....

In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, integrating blockchain technology into retail banking has emerged as a pivotal strategy for operational efficiency and competitive differentiation. This study employs the Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) methodology to explore...

Purpose - This study aims to explore the diverse factors influencing the adoption of post-employment noncompete agreements (NCAs) between firms and their CEOs. Drawing on the organizational literature regarding the diffusion of contested organizational practices as well as research on law and...

Empirical evidence on the historical role of Compulsory Schooling Laws (CSL) for the spread of mass education is mixed at best. This is also due to the difficulty of identifying exogenous variation in the application of CSL. We exploit an almost unique feature of a CSL in 1877 Italy which was...

The relevance of the topic is due to the influence of the Internet on all spheres of life and business, which requires printing enterprises to adapt their economic and marketing processes to modern realities. The aim of the work was to study the impact of the Internet on the economy and...

This study examined the mediating effects of green innovation on the relationship between green absorptive capacity and agripreneurs' intention to adopt precision agriculture. This study was conducted in Tanzania, following a literature gap in the concept of green practices in the agricultural...

Renewable energy must replace polluting energy to address environmental issues. Governments are creating measures to address such issues and accelerate renewable energy transition. Though many studies have examined the impact of environmental policies on renewable energy, the process by which...

Critical technologies including artificial intelligence, semiconductors and quantum computing are attracting attention because of their indispensable nature and their role in national security strategies. We compare China, the United States and the European Union in these technologies and their...

This study investigates the impact of new digital technologies on the resilience of firms to external shocks. Using rare comprehensive data on both the adoption of single and multiple new digital technologies, we employ a Difference-in-Differences methodology with propensity score matching to...

This study examined the relationship between technological absorptive capacity and the business performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as well as the mediating effect of e-business innovation. Based on data obtained from 179 sunflower oil-processing SMEs in Tanzania and...

The adoption of artificial intelligence by enterprises in the EU countries increased significantly between 2021 and 2024, but the recorded values were uneven and very small. This study analyzed the main characteristics of the artificial intelligence adoption process, its dynamics and patterns...

This study employs an experimental approach to estimate both the direct and indirect effects (i.e. spillovers) of an agricultural technology adoption program on small landholder farmers in Bolivia. Specifically, the evaluation focuses on the second phase of the "Creación de Iniciativas...

Purpose Advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have significant potential for university energy management in Palestine, but effective integration of AI in campus sustainability programs will depend on the willingness of lecturers to use AI. In this research, Theory of Reasoned Action...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has quickly emerged as a top technological priority for companies in various sectors, radically altering business operations. However, the existing literature reveals a fragmented and inconsistent understanding of AI adoption dynamics between small and medium...

The paper investigates the drivers and barriers that encourage or hinder the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies within Romanian SMEs. By using the Technology-Organisation-Environment (TOE) framework, we examined the role of several factors from each TOE dimension in predicting...

There are competing narratives about artificial intelligence's impact on inequality. Some argue AI will exacerbate economic disparities, while others suggest it could reduce inequality by primarily disrupting high-income jobs. Using household microdata and a calibrated task-based model, we show...