TY - JOUR
T1 - The Determinants of Technology Adoption in Italian Manufacturing Industries.
AU - Bartoloni, Eleonora
AU - Baussola, Maurizio Luigi
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - The adoption of new technologies in Italian manufacturing industries is analysed using data for 13,334 firms selected from the 1990–92 Community Innovation Survey. The determinants of technology adoption are analysed in an econometric framework (logit model) which is a general test of different theoretical explanations of technological diffusion. We particularly refer to the rank, epidemic and information effects which significantly affect the use of new technology in Italian manufacturing industries. We use a set of explanatory variables which enables us to set up a well specified empirical model and to use odds ratios to determine the effect of their changes on the adoption probability, thus giving a more precise picture of the determinants of technology adoption.
AB - The adoption of new technologies in Italian manufacturing industries is analysed using data for 13,334 firms selected from the 1990–92 Community Innovation Survey. The determinants of technology adoption are analysed in an econometric framework (logit model) which is a general test of different theoretical explanations of technological diffusion. We particularly refer to the rank, epidemic and information effects which significantly affect the use of new technology in Italian manufacturing industries. We use a set of explanatory variables which enables us to set up a well specified empirical model and to use odds ratios to determine the effect of their changes on the adoption probability, thus giving a more precise picture of the determinants of technology adoption.
KW - Logit models
KW - Technological diffusion
KW - Logit models
KW - Technological diffusion
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/100614
U2 - 10.1023/A:1011881516500
DO - 10.1023/A:1011881516500
M3 - Article
SN - 0889-938X
VL - 19
SP - 305
EP - 328
JO - Review of Industrial Organization
JF - Review of Industrial Organization
ER -