The reaper and the scanner: Indivisibility-led incremental innovations and the adoption of new technologies

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 359-379

  Lissoni, Francesco ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adoption; Diffusion; Incremental innovations; Industrial dynamics

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 18844420595     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/beh045     Document Type: Article

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