1567-4223/$ see front matter 2009 Elsevier B.V. A doi:10.1016/j.elerap.2009.04.013 * Corresponding author. Address: Department o National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Roa Taiwan. Tel.: +886 5 2720411x34620; fax: +886 5 27 E-mail address: [email protected] (I.-L. Wu). This paper proposes a theoretical model for understanding the fundamentals of the diffusion of electronic supply chai...

This paper proposes a framework for understanding the circumstances under which technological innovations for electronic commerce change industry structures. Initially these changes are to the detriment of traditional product and service providers. However, these players can fight against technological disintermediation. We examine three different scenarios from a long run perspective. The firs...

The aim of this paper is, on the one hand, to give a review of several streams in the literature which differ with respect to the extent they assume knowledge to spread over regions. On the other hand, this paper shows the extent to which these theories are supported empirically. The regional neoclassical growth model focuses on the immediate diffusion of technological knowledge. Alternative th...

Most types of medical technology assessment are performed only after the technology has been developed. Consequently, they have only minor effects on changes in clinical practice. Our study introduces a new method of constructive medical technology assessment that can change the development and diffusion of a medical device to improve its later clinical effectiveness. The method, based on Saaty...

This paper presents, within a framework of the Solow model, evidence that there should be two different reasons for convergence. One is due to diminishing returns to capital and the other is due to technological diffusion. This paper shows that OECD and low income countries follow a pattern of conditional convergence but middle income countries do not. This seems to imply that technological dif...