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Category: Technology, Innovation & Diffusion

Articles about technology, with a particular focus on understanding how innovation occurs and how those innovations diffuse between people and societies.

March 23, 2020 TechnoProf

Article Summary: “Five Facts You Need to Know about Technology Diffusion” by Comin, Hobijn & Rovito

February 27, 2020 TechnoProf

Article Summary: “Long-term Barriers to the International Diffusion of Innovations” by Spolaore & Wacziarg

February 24, 2020 TechnoProf

Article Summary: “The Diffusion of Development” by Spolaore & Wacziarg

February 21, 2020 TechnoProf

Article Summary: “An Exploration of Technology Diffusion” by Comin & Hobijn

February 13, 2020 TechnoProf

Article Summary: “Technology as a Complex Adaptive System” by Fleming & Sorenson

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