In short, yes. I use a multi-region integrated assessment model with fuel-specific endogenous technical change to examine the impact of Europe and China reducing emissions zero by mid-century. Without international technological diffusion this is insufficient avoid catastrophic climate change. But when innovation can diffuse overseas, long-run temperature increases are limited 3 degrees. This o...

At present, industries within the health and life science sector are moving towards one another resulting in new industries such as the medical nutrition industry. Medical nutrition products are specific nutritional compositions for intervention in disease progression and symptom alleviation. Industry convergence, described as the blurring of boundaries between industries, plays a crucial role ...

The process of innovation involves getting new ideas accepted and new technologies adopted and used. A number of approaches to the theorising of technological innovation exist, but this article will compare and contrast just two: Innovation Diffusion and Innovation Translation, giving examples of how each approach is used in different situations. While there are many advantages to use of a Tran...

In and Ga impurities substitutional to Al in the oxide layer resulting from diffusion out of the substrate are identified as candidates for electron traps under inversion at In0.53Ga0.47As/Al2O3 interfaces. Through density-functional calculations, these defects are found to be thermodynamically stable in amorphous Al2O3 and to be able to capture two electrons in a dangling bond upon breaking bo...

1. Introduction Ordering in solid solutions is a topic of growing technological and scientific interest within the field of material science. This is because of the advantageous high temperature and corrosion properties of alloys which are linked to the effect of long-range ordering [1]. Long-range order kinetics is one of the diffusion processes occurring within the atomic ranges. X-ray diffra...

The experiments regarding the solid–state diffusion bonded joints prepared between commercialy pure titanium and permendur type soft magnetic alloy are presented. The diffusion bonding of these materials were carried out using copper and nickel interlayers, in the temperature range of 850-950 C for 1,5 hrs., under uniaxial pressure, in argon atmosphere. The microstructure of the transition join...

In many biological and small scale technological applications particles may transiently bind to a cylindrical surface. In between two binding events the particles diffuse in the bulk, thus producing an effective translation on the cylindrical surface. We here derive the effective motion on the surface allowing for additional diffusion on the cylindrical surface itself. We find explicit solution...

externality An economically significant effect of an activity, the consequences of which are borne (at least in part) by parties other than the party who engages in the activity, and which are not accounted for through trade. diffusion The gradual adoption of new process or product innovations by firms and individuals. innovation The initial market introduction or commercialization of new proce...

Given the increased penetration of information technologies in private, domestic, public and working spaces and environments, the diffusion of these technologies becomes a very important issue to study. In general, theories of technological innovations analyse the mechanisms of socio-economic processes underlying diffusion (Rogers, 1983; Flichy, 1995; Valente, 1995). According to the pioneering...

It is important for executives to predict the future trends. Otherwise, their companies cannot make profitable decisions and investments. The Bass diffusion model can describe the empirical adoption curve for new products and technological innovations. The Grey model provides shortterm forecasts using four data points. This study develops a combined model based on the rolling Grey model RGM and...