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Historical Technology Diffusion

Historical Technology Diffusion is a theoretical construct within the study of technological change that characterizes the pattern and pace at which an innovation spreads across a population or sector over time, distinguished by its reliance on empirical adoption data to model the S-shaped trajectory of diffusion.

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93

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2017–2026

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Publications

71

Exploring the Black Box: Technology, Economics, and History.

Gavin Cameron, Nathan Rosenberg · The Economic Journal · 1995 · 821 citations

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The Adoption of Spreadsheet Software: Testing Innovation Diffusion Theory in the Context of End-User Computing

James C. Brancheau, James C. Wetherbe · Information Systems Research · 1990 · 628 citations

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Political Losers as a Barrier to Economic Development

Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson · American Economic Review · 2000 · 510 citations

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The Rise and Fall of American Technological Leadership: The Postwar Era in Historical Perspective

Richard R. Nelson, Gavin Wright · Journal of Economic Literature · 2007 · 496 citations

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The Organizational Ecology of a Technological System

William P. Barnett · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1990 · 241 citations

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Authors

118

  1. DC
    Diego Comín

    New York University, United States

    3 publications · 127 citations

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  2. AK
    Andrey Korotayev

    National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia

    2 publications · 114 citations

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  3. BJ
    Boyan Jovanovic

    New York University, United States

    2 publications · 162 citations

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  4. PL
    Peter L. Rousseau

    Vanderbilt University, United States

    2 publications · 162 citations

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  5. NR
    Nathan Rosenberg

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    2 publications · 954 citations

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Institutions

93

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    115 citations

  2. Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    49 citations

  3. Dartmouth College

    Hanover, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    31 citations

  4. Institute of Oriental Studies

    Moscow, Russia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    114 citations

  5. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    163 citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    848 citations

  7. University of Sussex

    Brighton, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    550 citations

  8. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    49 citations

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  1. The Journal of Economic History

    6 publications · 246 citations

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 6 publications · 111 citations

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  3. Energy Policy

    2 publications · 265 citations

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  4. American Economic Review

    2 publications · 528 citations

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  5. Technological Forecasting and Social Change

    2 publications · 89 citations

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