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| Author | : A. D. Cliff |
| Publisher | : Wiley-Blackwell |
| Total Pages | : 448 |
| Release | : 1991-01-16 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9780631195344 |
A volume celebrating the work of the twentieth century's leading geographer should in itself be an event of importance for the discipline. This book lives up to that ambition, for in its quality, breadth and originality it reflects the attributes of the man it honours. The conbributors include Richard Chorley, Peter Gould, Torsten Hagerstrand, David Harvey and R J Johnston.
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| Total Pages | : 68 |
| Release | : 1983 |
| Genre | : Medically underserved areas |
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| Author | : Richard Morrill |
| Publisher | : SAGE Publications, Incorporated |
| Total Pages | : 88 |
| Release | : 1988-02-01 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9780803926844 |
In this concise, clear introduction, the authors describe the theory of spatial diffusion, its method of measurement and many of its applications. The seminal work of Torsten Hagerstrand, who introduced the original spatial model of diffusion, is outlined. The authors then summarise the developments that have been made to Hagerstrand's formulation, and make suggestions for future research.
| Author | : I. Masser |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 262 |
| Release | : 1996-03-25 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 9780748404940 |
This third book in the GISDATA series focuses on the widespread use of geographical information systems GIS in European local government. The editors include a wide range of applications carried out by different professional groups, and offer the opportunity of studying the extent to which diffusion of innovations like GIS are sensitive to national issues such as cultural context, institutional setup and the availability of data.; The book answers key questions such as: what can be learnt from research on organizational behaviour in relation to technological innovation?; what are the classical features of the GIS diffusion process?; to what extent is the adoption and utilization of GIS facilitated - or impeded - by the organizational culture within which it takes place?; and what mechanisms can be applied to enhance the diffusion of GIS? The book covers aspects of diffusion in the following European countries: UK, France, Italy, Poland, Denmark, The Netherlands, Germany, Greece and Portugal.
| Author | : Wolfgang Keller |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 68 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Convergence (Economics) |
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Convergence in per capita income turns on whether technological knowledge spillovers are global or local. Global spillovers favor convergence, while a geographically limited scope of knowledge diffusion can lead to regional clusters of countries with persistently different levels of income per capita. This paper estimates the importance of geographic distance for technology diffusion, how this changed over time, and whether international trade, foreign direct investment, and communication flows serve as important channels of diffusion. The analysis is based on examining the productivity effects of R & D expenditures in the world's seven major industrialized countries between 1970 and 1995. First, I find that the scope of technology diffusion is severely limited by distance: the geographic half-life of technology, the distance at which half of the technology has disappeared, is estimated to be only 1,200 kilometers. Second, technological knowledge has become a lot more global from the early 1970s to the 1990s. Third, I estimate that trade patterns account for the majority of all differences in bilateral technology diffusion, whereas foreign direct investment and language skills differences contribute circa 15% each. Lastly, these three channels together account for almost the entire localization effect that would otherwise be attributed to geographic distance.
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| Total Pages | : 856 |
| Release | : 1843 |
| Genre | : Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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| Author | : Thomas Dick |
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| Total Pages | : 682 |
| Release | : 1851 |
| Genre | : Astronomy |
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| Author | : Everett M. Rogers |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 577 |
| Release | : 2003-08-16 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0743258231 |
Now in its fifth edition, Diffusion of Innovations is a classic work on the spread of new ideas. In this renowned book, Everett M. Rogers, professor and chair of the Department of Communication & Journalism at the University of New Mexico, explains how new ideas spread via communication channels over time. Such innovations are initially perceived as uncertain and even risky. To overcome this uncertainty, most people seek out others like themselves who have already adopted the new idea. Thus the diffusion process consists of a few individuals who first adopt an innovation, then spread the word among their circle of acquaintances—a process which typically takes months or years. But there are exceptions: use of the Internet in the 1990s, for example, may have spread more rapidly than any other innovation in the history of humankind. Furthermore, the Internet is changing the very nature of diffusion by decreasing the importance of physical distance between people. The fifth edition addresses the spread of the Internet, and how it has transformed the way human beings communicate and adopt new ideas.
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| Total Pages | : 536 |
| Release | : 1838 |
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| Author | : Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) |
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| Total Pages | : 540 |
| Release | : 1838 |
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