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INTER AND INTRA FIRM DIFFUSION OF ICT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (UK) AND SWITZERLAND (CH) AN INTERNATIONALLY COMPARATIVE STUDY BASED ON FIRM-LEVEL DATA

Battisti, Giuliana; Hollenstein, Heinz; Stoneman, Paul; … - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 16 (2007) 8, pp. 669-687

This paper attempts to at least partially redress a paucity of current literature on the joint analysis of inter and intra firm diffusion of innovations within as well as across countries. In particular, by using two data sets derived from independent country-specific surveys, it undertakes an...

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Technological diffusion, the diffusion of skill and the growth of outsourcing in US manufacturing

Magnani, Elisabetta - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 15 (2006) 7, pp. 617-647

asking whether technological diffusion driven by R&D spillovers is in part responsible for the growth of atypical work … arrangements in the USA. Relying on data of technological diffusion since the early 1970s, this study provides some evidence that … pure knowledge spillovers usually decrease the incentive to outsource. Support to the technological diffusion hypothesis is …

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Intermediate goods imports, policy and growth. A simple theoretical model/Importaciones de bienes intermedios, política económica y crecimiento. Un modelo económico sencillo.

SANCHEZ-ROBLES, BLANCA - In: Estudios de Economía Aplicada 24 (2006) Abril, pp. 105-126

The adoption of state of the art techniques implemented already in more advanced countries through intermediate goods imports appears as one potential channel whereby developing countries may catch up with leader countries and grow. In order to explore this idea, this paper analyzes the behavior...

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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN MALAYSIA: THE ROLE OF DOMESTIC FINANCIAL SECTOR

CHOONG, CHEE-KEONG; YUSOP, ZULKORNAIN; SOO, SIEW-CHOO - In: The Singapore Economic Review (SER) 50 (2005) 02, pp. 245-268

This study aims to incorporate the role of domestic financial system in transferring the technological diffusion … (UECM) proposed by Pesaran et al. (2001), the presence of FDI inflows creates a positive technological diffusion in both …

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Nonlinear Growth and the Productivity Slowdown

Lavezzi, Andrea Mario; Fiaschi, Davide - Society for Computational Economics - SCE - 2004

In this paper we study the productivity slowdown taking as a starting point the nonlinear shape of the growth path. We relate the slowdown to the evolution of the world income distribution and show that i) in the periods before and after the oil shocks growth is nonlinear; ii) the productivity...

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New growth theories: what is in there for developing countries?

Islam, Nazrul - In: Journal of Developing Areas 38 (2004) 1, pp. 171-212

possibility of policy influence on the long term growth rate, importance of technological diffusion in convergence, distinct role …

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The Determinants of Technology Adoption in Italian Manufacturing Industries

Bartoloni, Eleonora; Baussola, Maurizio - In: Review of Industrial Organization 19 (2001) 3, pp. 305-328

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To what extent are American and Japanese managerial concepts and techniques converging?

Grayson, Leslie E.; Watson, Orson - In: Global Business and Economics Review 1 (1999) 2, pp. 139-157

This paper explains the effects of the Japanese recession and the accelerated pace of globalisation and technological … diffusion on the rationalisation of what were previously held up as the mainstays of Japanese management. These are the key …

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The Diffusion of Biological Waste-Water Treatment Plants in the Dutch Food and Beverage Industry

Kemp, René - In: Environmental & Resource Economics 12 (1998) 1, pp. 113-136

This article develops an economic model of environmental technology adoption decisions. The model is applied econometrically to the diffusion of biological waste-water treatment plants in the Dutch food and beverage industry. It shows that it is possible to explain the overall diffusion pattern...

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As the Century Turns: Analytics, Empirics and Politics of Development

Srinivasan, T. N. - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 1997

The paper celebrates John Fei's life and contributions to economics by viewing them in the context of recent theoretical and empirical literature on the economics and politics of growth. It summarizes the lessons from the literature and development experience since the end of the second world...

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