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Information Systems Frontiers
Erschienen in: Information Systems Frontiers 4/2008

01.09.2008

Network effects as drivers of individual technology adoption: Analyzing adoption and diffusion of mobile communication services

verfasst von: Roman Beck, Daniel Beimborn, Tim Weitzel, Wolfgang König

Erschienen in: Information Systems Frontiers | Ausgabe 4/2008

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Abstract

Adoption research has largely ignored the dynamic impact of network effects on technology adoption and diffusion. For example, some technologies become more attractive the more social peers use them as well. But adoption at the same time increases the value for the peers and thereby their adoption decisions as well. Unfortunately, interdependencies like these make adoption and diffusion patterns very complex. Drawing on network effect theory, we develop an adoption and diffusion model that explicitly considers the role of direct and indirect network effects for individual technology adoption, using mobile commerce adoption as application example. By applying a simulation approach we can exemplify and analyze the fundamental adoption dynamics given rise to by network effects. We thereby propose a way of how to incorporate network effects into adoption research and disclose the role of the technology diffusion lifecycle for individual adoption.
Vorheriger Artikel Household technology adoption in a global marketplace: Incorporating the role of espoused cultural values
Nächster Artikel Understanding the behavior of mobile data services consumers

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Furthermore, using a sigmoid function would require a more complex parameterization, making the traceability of the results more difficult.
 
2
Interested readers are invited to customize and to simulate other market constellations and scenarios using a simulation applet available on the Internet (http://​www.​it-standards.​de/​applet1/​index.​html).
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Network effects as drivers of individual technology adoption: Analyzing adoption and diffusion of mobile communication services
verfasst von
Roman Beck
Daniel Beimborn
Tim Weitzel
Wolfgang König
Publikationsdatum
01.09.2008
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Information Systems Frontiers / Ausgabe 4/2008
Print ISSN: 1387-3326
Elektronische ISSN: 1572-9419
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-008-9100-9

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