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Paulré, Bernard - HAL - 2000

the evolution of two different forms of productivity (the productivity of labour and total factor productivity … theoretical underpinnings for most debates on the origins of the particular economic growth and productivity gains that have taken … technology, and hence the theory of long-term technological change. Our conclusions emphasise the confusion that the New Economy …

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Uses of Information and Communication Technologies in Europe's Higher Education Institutions: From Digital Divides to Digital Trajectories

Youssef, Adel Ben; Ragni, Ludovic - HAL - 2008

divide concerns the performance of ICT in education. We give some possible explanations for the productivity paradox which is …

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The environment and directed technical change : comment

Hourcade, Jean Charles; Pottier, Antonin; Espagne, Etienne - HAL - 2011

This paper discusses the growth model with environmental constraints recently presented in (Acemoglu et al., 2011) which focuses on the redirection of technical change by climate policies with research subsidies and a carbon tax. First, Acemoglu et al.'s model and chosen parameters yield...

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The economics of changing course: implications of adaptability and inertia for optimal climate policy.

Grubb, Michael; Thierry, Chapuis; Ha-Duong, Minh - HAL - 1995

This paper reviews evidence that energy technologies and systems adapt over time to accomodate external pressures: that technical innovation and systemic change in the energy sector is largely induced by need, and restrained by potentially large transitional costs. A simple integrated model of...

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Prospects for the hydrogen transition based on the network economic approach : Insights from the electricity and gas experience in Europe

Bento, Nuno - HAL - 2007

This paper aims to investigate the transition to a new energy system based on hydrogen in the European liberalized framework. After analyzing the literature on the hydrogen infrastructure needs in Europe, we estimate the size and scope of the transition challenge.We take the theoretical...

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Entrepreneurship turnover and endogenous returns to ability

Crifo, Patricia; Sami, Hind - HAL - 2008

This paper proposes a model of entrepreneurial turnover highlighting a non-monotone relationship between technological change and ability-biased sorting into entrepreneurial types. Entrepreneurial decisions are examined in a two-stage model under uncertainty in which entrepreneurs decide to...

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New technologies and firm organization : the case of electronic traceability systems in French agribusiness

Galliano, Danielle; Orozco, Luis - HAL - 2013

This paper considers the relationship between the adoption of electronic traceability systems (ETSs) and the organization of firms. More precisely, it analyzes the respective roles of a firm's organizational structure, and organizational changes, in the process of ETS adoption in agribusiness....

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Routinization-Biased Technical Change, Globalization and Labor Market Polarization: Does Theory Fit the Facts?

Jung, Jaewon; Mercenier, Jean - HAL - 2010

There is now ample evidence that jobs and wages have been polarizing at the extremes of the skill distribution since the early 90s. Autor, Levy and Murnane (2003) have suggested that this might be due to technology substituting more easily for labor in performing routine rather than non-routine...

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Mitigation strategies and energy technology learning: an assessment with the POLES model

Criqui, Patrick; Mima, Silvana; Menanteau, Philippe; … - HAL - 2014

This paper explores various dimensions of the learning process for low-carbon technologies under different mitigation scenarios. It uses the POLES model, which addresses learning as an endogenous phenomenon with learning curves, and a set of scenarios developed as part of the AMPERE project. It...

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“Wir, die wir einen Floh beschlagen haben”. Produktivität und Profit in einem Moskauer Joint Venture

Müller, Birgit; Mechtcherkina, Elena; Levinson, Kirill; … - HAL - 1996

Während sich Moskau im Herbst 1993 unter und Ober der Erde in einen Straßenmarkt verwandelt hatte, waren die Strategien und Perspektiven der russischen Betriebe von der Zerschlagung von Staatsmonopolen, Privatisierungen und Joint Ventures geprägt. Mit welchen Vorstellungen die Beschäftigten...

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