Bandwagon influences and installed-base conversion in U.S. telecommunications

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-122

  Majumdar, Sumit K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Imitation; Technology adoption; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041400225     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438599600000003     Document Type: Article

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