Organizational Barriers to Technology Adoption: Evidence from Soccer-Ball Producers in Pakistan
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- David Atkin & Azam Chaudhry & Shamyla Chaudry & Amit K. Khandelwal & Eric Verhoogen, 2017. "Organizational Barriers to Technology Adoption: Evidence from Soccer-Ball Producers in Pakistan," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 132(3), pages 1101-1164.
- Atkin, David & Chaudhry, Azam & Chaudry, Shamyla & Khandelwal, Amit K. & Verhoogen, Eric, 2015. "Organizational Barriers to Technology Adoption: Evidence from Soccer-Ball Producers in Pakistan," IZA Discussion Papers 9222, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Atkin, David & Chaudhry, Azam & Chaudry, Shamyla & Khandelwal, Amit & Verhoogen, Eric A, 2015. "Organizational Barriers to Technology Adoption: Evidence from Soccer-Ball Producers in Pakistan," CEPR Discussion Papers 10735, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- David Atkin & Azam Chaudhry & Shamyla Chaudry & Amit Kumar Khandelwal & Eric Verhoogen, 2015. "Organizational Barriers to Technology Adoption: Evidence from Soccer-Ball Producers in Pakistan," Working Paper series 15-37, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis.
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