Identifying early adopters of new IT products: A case of Windows 95

Information and Management

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 225-230

  Chau, Patrick Y K ^a   Hui, Kai Lung ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Consumer innovativeness; Independent judgment; IT adoption; Novelty seeking; Opinion leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347131513     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(98)00031-7     Document Type: Article

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