Social Network Effects on the Extent of Innovation Diffusion: A Computer Simulation

Organization Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 289-309

  Abrahamson, Eric ^a   Rosenkopf, Lori ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Innovation Diffusion; Institutional Theory; Network Externalities; Social Networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031491005     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.8.3.289     Document Type: Article

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