Assifi, Najib M. (author), Boissevain, M. (author), and Tellier, R. (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1980
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 61 Document Number: C01909
Notes:
#224, see also c01910-1912, Harold Swanson Collection, Bangkok, Thailand : UNDP, Asia and Pacific Programme for Development Training and Communication Planning, 1980. 9 p. (Programme Planning Guide)
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 59 Document Number: C01714
Notes:
Three copies, Madison, WI : University of Wisconsin, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Department of Agricultural Journalism, 1984. 160 p. (Bulletin 42)
Gutkind, Efraim (author) and Zilberman, David (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1980
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 95 Document Number: C07435
Notes:
INTERPAKS, Berkeley, CA: Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics, University of California, 1980. (working paper no. 159.) 18 p., Empirical works found that the rate of diffusion of new technology is an S-shaped function of time. The prevailing theoretical explanation of these observations treats diffusion of a continuous process of imitation or communication among adopters. Introduces an alternative model for the adoption of new processes by industry based on microeconomic theory. Demonstrates that S-shaped diffusion curves can be explained by profit maximation, increasing returns to scale of the new technology, the dynamics of input prices, and the size distribution of forms within an industry. The analysis can be applied to the diffusion of new technology among agricultural firms.
