Exploring the trade-off between immediate gratification and delayed network externalities in the consumption of information goods

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 887-902

  Tomak, Kerem ^a   Keskin, Tayfun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperbolic discounting; Information goods; Instant gratification; Network externalities

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

HYPERBOLIC DISCOUNTING; INFORMATION GOODS; INSTANT GRATIFICATION; NETWORK EXTERNALITIES;

INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

EID: 36849029026     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.04.049     Document Type: Article

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