Search for dissertations about: "adoption"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 625 swedish dissertations containing the word adoption.

  2. 21. Fairness, technology adoption, water sanitation and pandemic control : Six essays on four topics in Development Economics

    Author : Selene Ghisolfi; Jakob Svensson; Ingvild Almas; Aureo de Paula; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Fairness; Bargaining; Field experiment; Lab-in-the-field; optimal policy; Community-Driven Development; Water Sanitation; Agriculture; Technology adoption; Market for quality; Covid-19; Mortality rates; Developing countries; Behavioural response; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Contribution Requirements and Redistribution Decisions: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh uses a controlled experiment to assess the effects of requiring co-funding to development programs on the efficiency and distribution of benefits within the community.Market Access and Quality Upgrading: Evidence from Randomized Experiments tests if increasing reward to quality produce improves profits, agricultural productivity, and input use, using a randomized experiment in Uganda. READ MORE

  4. 22. On the Adoption and Dis-adoption of Household Energy and Farm Technologies

    Author : Sied Hassen; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Improved stove; Willingness to pay; Autonomy power ; Ethiopia; Adoption; disadoption; agriculture; technology; multivariate probit; Household fuel choice; Panel data; Random effects generalized probit model; Urban China; Cookstoves; Electric Mitad; Firewood; Panel data; Random effects probit;

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  5. 23. Essays on Soil Conservation, Social Capital and Technology Adoption

    Author : Wilfred Nyangena; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Kenya; social capital; soil and water conservation; technology adoption; farm productivity;

    Abstract : Erosion of agricultural land remains a major constraint to agricultural development in Kenya, which has a complex topography. Government and donor institutions are promoting soil and water conservation practices. Several hypotheses have been put forward to explain the process and driving forces for the adoption of these practices. READ MORE

  6. 24. Diffusion Dynamics and the Pricing of Innovations

    Author : Fredrik Link; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Structural Equation Modeling; Telecommunication Product Domain; Technological Lock-in; Network Externalities; Perceived Product Value; Take-off; Innovativeness; Pricing; Adoption; Innovation; Diffusion; LISREL; Market study; Marknadsanalys;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis deals with two closely interconnected phenomena, the adoption and diffusion of innovations. The research aims at developing both the theory of individual adoption decisions and the theory of the diffusion of an innovation in society. READ MORE

  7. 25. A comprehensive framework for the adoption of techno-relationship innovations : Empirical evidence from eCRM in manufacturing SMEs

    Author : Kittipong Sophonthummapharn; George Tesar; Gert-Olof Boström; Tom Bramorski; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Techno-relationship innovations; Key Infulential Factors; e-business; Internet marketing; adoption model; electronic Customer Relationship Management eCRM ; determinant factors; research framework; manufacturing SMEs; Thailand; Business and economics; Ekonomi;

    Abstract : Information Technology (IT) plays a significant role in today business competition. A prominent role is that it helps a firm to manage relationships with customers effectively. Adoption of appropriate technology can lead the firm to greater business competency, improve its business performance, and ensure it retains its competitive advantages. READ MORE