Negative word of mouth (NWoM) can be a major factor in new product diffusion, as indicated by Goldenberg et al. (2007). We extend their work by accounting for the role of consumer uncertainty for NWoM's impact on adoption dynamics. Using an agent-based simulation framework we compare three...

We examine the long-term labor market impact of the steam engine, an early general-purpose technology, by linking newly digitized 19th-century records from Prussia to modern German labor market data (1975-2019). Regions with a higher concentration of steam engines per worker in 1875 exhibit...

This study investigates the factors influencing sustainable technology adoption among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia's beauty, health, and wellness sectors. It is grounded in the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and extended with elements from the Unified Theory of...