SUPPLY CHAIN DESIGN AND ADOPTION OF INDIVISIBLE TECHNOLOGY

被引：23

作者：

Lu, Liang ^{[1
]}

Reardon, Thomas ^{[2
]}

Zilberman, David ^{[1
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Agr & Resource Econ, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

[2] Michigan State Univ, Dept Agr Food & Resource Econ, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA

[3] Giannini Fdn, Berkeley, CA USA

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS | 2016年 / 98卷 / 05期

基金：

美国食品与农业研究所;

关键词：

Agricultural services; farm mechanization; machine rental and machine services outsourcing; supply chain; technology adoption; threshold model; PRODUCTIVITY;

D O I：

10.1093/ajae/aaw076

中图分类号：

F3 [农业经济];

学科分类号：

0202 ; 020205 ; 1203 ;

摘要：

We develop a framework for analyzing small farms' adoption of indivisible technologies by using a threshold diffusion model. The article shows that different supply chains may emerge to enable the adoption of these technologies. When the gain from adoption is not affected by scale or ownership of the technology, independent technology dealers or larger farmers may buy the indivisible equipment that embodies the technology and rent it to farmers, or enable farmers to outsource the machine's services by supplying custom services. The article derives equilibrium prices and quantities in the output and equipment rental or outsourcing markets. The prices and quantities are a function of the heterogeneity of farmers and the features of the technology. Introducing the new indivisible technology will benefit larger adopting farmers and consumers but may hurt non-adopters. We illustrate our conceptual findings.

引用

页码：1419 / 1431

页数：13

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