The challenges of pre-launch forecasting of adoption time series for new durable products

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1082-1097

  Goodwin, Paul ^a   Meeran, Sheik ^a   Dyussekeneva, Karima ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choice models; Diffusion models; Judgment; New product forecasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908342416     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2014.08.009     Document Type: Review

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