Sequential technology implementation, network externalities, and risk: The case of automatic milking systems

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 233-252

  Sauer, Johannes ^a,b   Zilberman, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic milking systems; Mixed effects modeling; Risk; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; AUTOMATION; INNOVATION; MILK; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 84860008577     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2012.00579.x     Document Type: Article

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