We introduce a diffusion of innovation model based on a network threshold approach. Realistic network and threshold … are a second threshold for innovation rejection and a memory that allows actors to take trends into account. Computer … of good targets can accelerate innovation diffusion. …

more flexibility leading to more innovation and reform. We apply our theory to business firms, transition economies, and …

innovation. In particular, industries whose younger firms depend more on external finance realize faster rate of technological …

innovation. In particular, industries whose younger firms depend more on external finance realize faster rate of technological …

account firm heterogeneity. We find support for the prediction that competition has a negative effect on innovation … important channels for domestic firm innovation. We do not find support for the inverted U effect of competition on innovation …. There is partial support for the hypothesis that firms in a more pro-business environment invest more in innovation and are …

relationship between competition and innovation, Aghion, Dewatripont and Rey (1999) showed that this could be reversed if agency …

’s internal and external environment. This dissertation contributes to the entrepreneurship and innovation literatures by …

Information technology (IT) innovation research examines the organizational and technological factors that determine IT … by focusing on information requirements as a driver of IT innovation adoption and diffusion. Our framework of IT … innovation diffusion incorporates three industry-level sources of information requirements: process complexity, clock speed and …

market orientation, innovation, entrepreneurship and organizational learning among Illinois beef producers, and measures the …