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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Diffusion of technology"”.
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Higher level manpower development in Indonesia: Rates of return and embodied technical change
This study consists of basic research on rates of return to higher education in Indonesia. Four different techniques to estimate rates of return are employed: the pure internal rate of return, the Mincer earnings function, the Cobb-Douglas production function, and the nested-CES production …
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Experience and perceptions of climate change-related hazards, and the dynamics of technology-based adaptations in water use in Bangladesh: the case of Satkhira communities
… this challenge, the adoption and implementation of adaptation measures have emerged as the most effective and viable approach. Individual perception significantly influences the willingness to adopt adaptation measures, where technology-based adaptation measures can mitigate the climate …
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The real-world implications of an imaginary world: A netnography of a Harry Potter based virtual community (Hogwarts Running Club)
The rapid development, growth, and diffusion of technology throughout the world today has spurred an integration with socializing and engagement that is fast becoming a part of everyday life (Baym, 2015; Blank, 2012; Consalvo & Ess, 2011). One such manifestation of this new form of social …
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Recycled Modernity: Google, Immigration History, and the Limits for H-1B
<p>Regulation of admission to the United States for technology workers from foreign countries has been a difficult issue, especially during periods of intense development. Following the dot.com bubble, the Google Corporation continued to argue in favor of higher limits under the Immigration and …
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Static and dynamic job-shop scheduling using rolling-horizon approaches and the Shifting Bottleneck Procedure
… processes and equipment. Progress in the technology used is no longer the key to success, however. In fact, the semiconductor technology has reached such a high level of complexity that improvements appear at a slow pace. Moreover, the diffusion of technology among competitors shows that …
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Understanding Factors Facilitating the Diffusion of Financial Technology (FinTech) A Case Study of the Gulf Cooperation Council
This study focuses on the factors influencing the diffusion of FinTech in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, analysing both financial institutions and technology companies. The research acknowledges the challenges associated with the spread of FinTech and aims to address these issues. The …