Timing, diffusion, and substitution of successive generations of technological innovations: The IBM mainframe case

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 109-132

  Mahajan, Vijay ^a   Muller, Eitan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COMPUTERS; ELECTRON TUBES; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DESIGN; STANDARDS; TRANSISTORS;

DIFFUSION THEORY; MAINFRAME COMPUTERS; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS;

TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

EID: 0030083034     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1625(95)00225-1     Document Type: Article

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