ORGANIZATIONAL BARRIERS TO TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION: EVIDENCE FROM SOCCER-BALL PRODUCERS IN PAKISTAN

This article studies technology adoption in a cluster of soccer-ball producers in Sialkot, Pakistan. We invented a new cutting technology that reduces waste of the primary raw material and gave the technology to a random subset of producers. Despite the clear net benefits for nearly all firms, after...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Quarterly journal of economics 2017-08, Vol.132 (3), p.1101-1164
Main Authors: Atkin, David, Chaudhry, Azam, Chaudry, Shamyla, Khandelwal, Amit K., Verhoogen, Eric
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adoption of innovations
Barriers
Companies
Earnings
Employees
Football
Incentives
New technology
Owners
Raw materials
Soccer
Sporting goods
Sports
Technology
Technology adoption
Waste management
Wastes
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!