Contagion effects of electronic commerce diffusion: Perspective from network analysis of industrial structure

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-90

  Shih, Hsin Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cohesion; Contagion effect; Electronic commerce; Innovation diffusion; Structural equivalence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INNOVATION; MARKETING;

COHESION MODEL; INNOVATION DIFFUSION; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL EQUIVALENCE MODEL;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

E-COMMERCE; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; MODELING; NETWORK ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 37349000996     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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