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1、本科毕业论文外文翻译外文题目：TechnologicalDiffusionandInvestmentBehaviour:TheCaseoftheTextileIndustry出处：ReviewofWorldEconomics,1989,Volume125,Number4,Pages782-803作者：CristianoAntonelli,PascalPetitandGabrielTahar原文：TechnologicalDiffusionandInvestmentBehaviour:TheCaseoftheTexti
2、leIndustryIIntroductionThediffusionoftechnologicalinnovationincorporatedinnewcapitalgoodsistheresultofinvestmentdecisionswhichareinfluencedbytwoclassesoffactors:thecharacteristicsoftheinnovationandthemacro-economicenvironmentinwhichtheadoptersoperate.Ouraiminth
3、ispaperistoexplaintheroleplayedbythesefactorsintheadoptionprocessatindustrylevel.Themacro-economicenvironment,inwhichfirmsoperate,referstosuchfactorsasdemandtrends,relativeproductioncostsandoverallcompetitiveness.Technologicalfactorsrefer,ontheonehand,tothecapa
4、citiesofthenewmachines(ortheirexpectedprofitability)and,ontheotherhand,totheavailabilityofinformationandoftheknow-howtowhichtheusersmusthaveaccess.Stickinessofinformationandrigidityoflearningprocessesgenerateasymmetriesbetweenfirms,whichcombinewithstructuraldif
5、ferencestodetermineadoptionanddiffusionprocesses.Theinternationaldiffusionofshuttlelessloomsinthecottonweavingindustryinthelateseventiesandearlyeightiesseemstoprovideevidenceofthejointeffectplayedintheiradoptionbythesetwoclassesoffactors,i.e.,thetechnologicalan
6、dmacro-economiccontextofinvestment.Thecottonweavingindustry,infact,hasbeenfacedbydramaticchangesinthedistributionofmarketshares,withthemajordeclineofoldindustrializedcountriesandtheupsurgeofnewlyindustrializingones.Atthesametime,ratesoftheadoptionofmodemcapital
7、goodsoccurredatvaryingrythmsinbothnewandoldindustrializedcountries.Thispaperanalyzessuchtechnologicaldiffusionasbeingtheresultofasequenceofinvestmentdecisionstakenbyeconomicagentswithlimitedknow-ledgeandboundedrationalityinagivenmacro-economiccontext.Byincludin
8、gatechnologicalandamacro-economicdimension,ourapproachavoidsthemistakeofhavingtodependonlyonlearningprocessesasintheepidemicanalysisoronrationalbehaviourofinvestmentasinthep
