if abusiness,system, etc. has ademonstrationeffect,othersareinfluencedby it andtrytocopyit:Multinationalhotelcompaniesnot onlyincreasedtourismon theislandbut alsoproducedastrongdemonstrationeffectamonglocalestablishments.(Definition ofdemonstration effectfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdemonstration effect
demonstration effectThe proven success of the policies provides ademonstrationeffectthat impels other governments toward similar policies in order to emulate that success.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When designing social policy greater emphasis must be placed on the 'demonstrationeffect'.From theCambridge English CorpusHowever, with preference endogeneity, thedemonstrationeffectof a policy which accredits the 'virtues' of self-reliance and of a 'market' mentality can not be neglected.From theCambridge English CorpusIn this way it is both possible to predict preference change and to identify a 'demonstrationeffect' of social policy.From theCambridge English CorpusIn particular, the 'demonstrationeffect' of social policy and its impact on preferences becomes an important consideration.From theCambridge English CorpusThere may also have been a 'demonstrationeffect' from the state-sponsored elections that highlighted the usefulness of electoral process.From theCambridge English CorpusThough only a small fraction of disciplinary cases are related to marriage,51 theirdemonstrationeffectis significant.From theCambridge English CorpusThe basic idea behind the 'demonstrationeffect' is to identify a mechanism by which children are socialised into accepting a general normative pattern of obligation to help the elderly.From theCambridge English CorpusThe problem is that for every conflict resolved by an expropriation several other conflicts may arise spurred by thedemonstrationeffectof the success of the earlier invasions.From theCambridge English CorpusThis is what economists call the internationaldemonstrationeffect—that is, backward countries embark on grandiose capital projects modelled on those current in rich countries.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/demonstration-effect##
