Network effects and embedded options: Decision-making under uncertainty for network technology investments

Information Technology and Management

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 149-168

  Kauffman, Robert J ^a   Kumar, Ajay ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GOVERNMENT OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Congestion; Cost benefit analysis; Countervailing network effects; Decision making under uncertainty; Deferralo ptions; Hybrid jump diffusion model; IT value; Network effects; Real options

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249189437     PISSN: 1385951X     EISSN: 15737667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10799-008-0037-y     Document Type: Article

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