...) are male, (3) are single, (4) are more educated, (5) support democracy and (6) favor free imports. Interpersonal trust is the most consistent covariate. The results provide support to the idea that trusting robots can be the result of trusting humans working in the technological sector (Coeckelbergh, 2012...

... as technology advancement, particularly in the light of the fourth industrial revolution, is expected to reduce the labour absorbing capacity of the industrial sector. Design/methodology/approach Based on panel data for different Indian firms in various groups of industries, this paper estimates TFPG and TE...

... emerging issues pertaining to the implementation of technology into the disbursement and repayment system of an Islamic microfinance institution from their clients’ perspectives. As Islamic microfinance industry is still growing in Malaysia, findings gathered throughout the course of study are also...

... whether sector size matters for sectoral: technological change and stability, as expressed through the relevant quantitative measures and variables. To this end, the authors test a number of relevant models that express the various forms of this relationship. More precisely, the authors use panel data...

...Richard L. Brinkman; June E. Brinkman To overcome the errors of the exogenous growth theories of the past, the new growth theories, currently in vogue, attempt to incorporate technological change as endogenous to the growth process. While making a commendable effort to see into that black box...

... the project area. This suggests that the tail farmers need to face a substantially higher price for water if the system deteriorates and conveyance costs increase in the long run. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Agriculture Water industry Resource efficiency Return on investment Conveyance Technology...

... of corporate culture and its dynamics lays bare the locus of corporate power which resides in the control of corporate technology. Granting this dynamic, the question then arises concerning the agency which controls the application and use of this cumulated corporate power. Corporate power and policy...

... the survival of a particular species. With these cases as background, we compare and contrast three policy approaches to sustainability: weak sustainability, strong sustainability and Georgescu‐Roegen’s concept of a viable technology. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Environment Policy Sustainable...

... economic characteristics of information and propositions central to the economics of information into 12 points as follows: Economics Information Innovation R&D Technology This paper has three main objectives: to 1 introduce the information theoretic or economics...

...Donald C. Wellington The essay discusses the connection between science and technology as the root cause of economic growth, the fortuitous nature of the rewards from invention in the capitalist economy, and the possibility that socialism can exploit inventive opportunities to improve human...

...J.S. Metcalfe In the past 15 years there have been major changes in the conduct of science and technology policy in advanced industrial countries. Recognizing that this is an area where Clem Tisdell has made notable contributions, reviews the recent developments around three themes: the nature...

... at technical aspects, diagrams and macro‐economic implications, and considers the probable effects on the US balance of trade. The final section considers the critics′ view that an automation tax would be a neo‐Luddite attack on technological progress. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Economic systems...

...Jacob J. Krabbe After looking at the physiocratic idea of production, examines the social process of “environmental economic engineering”,focused on sustainability of production. Gives attention to the role of technology in this process. Expresses sustainability criteria in the magnitudes time...

... growth (quantitative statics) and development (qualitative dynamics). The dynamics of culture evolution is founded on the advance of technology which constitutes the “core of culture”. The essence of the process of culture evolution is contained in the dichotomy of useful knowledge. The advance of useful...