National Culture and Innovation diffusion. Exploratory insights from agent-based modeling

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 105, Issue , 2016, Pages 121-128

  Desmarchelier, Benoît ^a   Fang, Eddy S ^a  

^a XI AN JIAOTONG LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Innovation diffusion; National culture; Social networks

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIFFUSION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOFTWARE AGENTS; TOPOLOGY;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; DIFFUSION PROCESS; DIFFUSION RATE; INNOVATION DIFFUSION; NATIONAL CULTURES; NETWORK TOPOLOGY; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS;

CULTURAL RELATIONS; HETEROGENEITY; INNOVATION; MODELING; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 84958168584     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2016.01.018     Document Type: Article

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