… Social science and marketing literature on diffusion of technologies has stressed the importance of social networks in technology adoption.This project is designed to provide … uses crop residues to create mulch and/or fertilizer; and 2) Pit Planting (PP), in which seeds are planted in shallow pits to improve moisture retention. The project was designed in two phases to test different methods of information diffusion. In the first phase, a baseline survey was conducted with 3800 farming …
… is possible until new institutions are created. The question of the factors that allow certain actors—and not others—to create new institutions is thus relevant and important. The … public hearing minutes, public utility commission documents, etc. Project Outcomes This grant has allowed the research team to complete the first stage and make considerable … Photo from Tobias von der Haar/flickr Equity and Justice Clean Energy Environmental Innovation Institutional Entrepreneurship and Renewable Energy in the U.S. … Institutional …
… in a way that provides access to crafting autonomous motivation for sustainability and transformational leadership. This model for transforming sustainability has the potential to provide psychological access to individual flourishing and correlative access to deep or transformational learning and creative, integrative or interdisciplinary solutions that span …
… 90 landowners and 692 forest users, and an additional 21 interviews were conducted of key informants, including influential local landowners, as well as forest industry and … the investigators were awarded a U.S. Forest Service State and Private Forestry Competitive grant that will provide research support for an additional three years. The total amount … provided, $230,283, was matched by School Forest activities and teaching and the CBEY seedgrant for ecosystem services research. The investigators have also applied for a grant …
… the network when the total number connected increases. This policy brief discusses the importance of network effects in settings where the services provided are based on a platform, with a focus on electricity. We discuss several classic examples of network effects … Energy Certificate Program Related Programs Solar Energy Evolution and Diffusion Studies (SEEDS) Solar Energy Evolution and Diffusion Among Low- and Middle- Income Households (SEEDS …
… manufactured, distributed, and serviced diesel and natural gas engines, for transportation, construction, and power generation. In addition to the engines, it manufactured … Cummins had prided itself on value-driven ethical standards. It operated worldwide under a formal Mission Statement: "We will demand that everything we do leads to a cleaner, … it to expansion into global markets. Cummins had found a business advantage in its early entry into China – first meeting China’s need for high quality diesel engines for trucking …
… taste, its beauty. Illy also has a dream that someday soon the coffee market might be transformed into something approaching the market for wine. Where connoisseurs discuss the fine … will be sent back up the chain to pay for even more quality and variety. And so on. Certainly there have been some positive signs. Indeed, many observers argued that a … on origin-based, direct-traded coffee. Illy’s hope is that someone would come up with an innovation that would solidify the beginnings of the third wave and help reshape the market. …
… the business. AXA’s business had grown rapidly over the previous decades. The company was formed in the 1980s through the merger of a few mid-sized French insurance firms. From the … and utilizing its strong balance sheet, technical expertise and abilities in product innovation, managed to turn around their acquisitions. Over time, AXA also branded the … examine how addressing these CR issues would add value to the company (e.g. by fostering innovation, by reducing costs), and then create metrics that would capture a business unit’s …
… In August of 2014, Mark Gentry, the Chief Operating Officer of Gifford Pinchot State University (GPSU) Foundation**, … all fossil fuel companies from their portfolio. The Foundation’s investment committee had formed a subcommittee to consider what to do, but Gentry admitted that there was very little consensus among the new group about how to …
… gas emissions were contributing to global warming. Over the next 11 years, the panel - formally convened as the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - issued … for industrialized nations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The framework, formally called the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, laid the … in shaping the nascent market. Even though the EU was the only group of nations to create a formal mechanism for distributing and requiring carbon allowances, the carbon market grew …