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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Technological diffusion"”.
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Exit, investment and technological diffusion in a declining industry : an empirical study
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1987.
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A study of technological diffusion : the replacement of steam by diesel locomotives in the United States.
Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Economics, 1977
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Essays on macroeconomics and international trade
… chapter provides a framework for estimating technological diffusion across countries. The framework is applied to study the diffusion of major technologies across the world since the Industrial Revolution. It is shown that differences in technology diffusion in the last two hundred years can …
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Reconstructing low-energy housing using ‘systems of practice’.
… where energy savings rely on optimal design, technological diffusion and ‘correct’ use. In contrast, this thesis understands technologies and ‘behaviours’ as connected through social practices, which interrelate in dynamic ‘systems of practice’. Housing policy, newly built homes, and domestic …
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Understanding the selection and co-existence of tin bronze alloying techniques in Antiquity. An experimental and archaeological approach with Northeast Iberia as case study (2800-200BC).
… using pXRF, OM, SEM-EDS, and LIA to characterise technological choices through time. These choices were considered in relation to their performance characteristics, and subsequently contextualised within the relevant environmental and socio-economic dynamics. It was found that alloying technique …
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Modelling foreign direct investment in China
… regional per capita income can converge given technological diffusion, transfer and imitation.
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Essays in Macroeconomics
… in financial markets substantially reduced technological diffusion across firms and overall productivity.
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Delivered: Living and Working with Algorithms
… in order to address the gap that exists between technological design of food delivery platforms and local economic practices, particularly the saliency of cash in Mexico City. Given that cash administration requires physicality, this task is delegated from platforms to couriers. This results in …
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Accelerating the delivery of climate targets: Technology and behaviour in the road to net zero
… this thesis asks what history can teach us about technological and social transitions. Researchers have previously analysed past energy transitions, but no studies have yet reviewed social transitions for clues about future decarbonisation. Here, five large-scale energy and seven social …