Why do firms adopt innovations in bandwagons? Evidence of herd behaviour in open standards adoption

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 63-91

  Xu, Sean Xin ^a   Zhu, Christina ^b   Zhu, Kevin Xiaoguo ^c  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate investment; Economics; Financial services; Herd behaviour; Informational view of herding; Innovation adoption; Market competition; Network effects; New technology; Open standards

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; ECONOMICS; OUTSOURCING;

CORPORATE INVESTMENTS; FINANCIAL SERVICE; HERD BEHAVIOUR; INFORMATIONAL VIEW OF HERDING; INNOVATION ADOPTION; MARKET COMPETITION; NETWORK EFFECTS; OPEN STANDARDS;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84862580988     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2012.047250     Document Type: Article

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