The impact of price decreases on telephone and cell phone diffusion

Information and Management

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 183-193

  Bagchi, Kallol ^a   Kirs, Peeter ^a   López, Francisco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b MIDDLE GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion models; Diffusion stages; Information and telecommunication technology; Price adjusted models; Telephone and cell phone diffusion

Indexed keywords

DATA TRANSFER; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOBILE PHONES; TELEPHONE SETS;

CELL PHONES; DIFFUSION MODELS; DIFFUSION STAGES; PRICE ADJUSTED MODELS; TELEPHONE AND CELL PHONE DIFFUSION;

COSTS;

EID: 41949100893     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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