Adoption of information technology under network effects

Information Systems Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 395-413

  Lee, Deishin ^a   Mendelson, Haim ^b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Compatibility; First mover; Information technology; Network effects; Standards

Indexed keywords

COSTS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; STANDARDS;

ADOPTION; COMPATIBILITY; COMPETITIVE EFFECTS; DE FACTO STANDARD; DIVIDE AND CONQUER; FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGES; FIRST MOVERS; NETWORK EFFECTS;

COMMERCE;

EID: 41149174079     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1070.0138     Document Type: Article

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