Expectations, network effects and timing of technology adoption: some empirical evidence from a sample of SMEs in Italy Export

@article{citeulike:4920934, abstract = {Abstract\ \ We provide evidence on the influence of expectations and network effects on the timing of technological adoption. By considering a sample of SMEs operating in Italy, we focus on the determinants of their decision to adopt Fast Ethernet, a communication standard for Local Area Networks (LANs). We find that both expectations and network effects significantly affect the timing of adoption. In particular, price expectations generally tend to delay adoption and (indirect) network effects in the form of backward compatibility as well as informational spillovers tend to foster adoption. Firm size also matters.}, author = {Corrocher, Nicoletta and Fontana, Roberto}, citeulike-article-id = {4920934}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11187-007-9062-1}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/n30u151428280231}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1007/s11187-007-9062-1}, journal = {Small Business Economics}, month = {December}, number = {4}, pages = {425--441}, posted-at = {2009-06-22 07:29:04}, priority = {2}, title = {Expectations, network effects and timing of technology adoption: some empirical evidence from a sample of SMEs in Italy}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11187-007-9062-1}, volume = {31}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4920934 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4920934 N2 - Abstract  We provide evidence on the influence of expectations and network effects on the timing of technological adoption. By considering a sample of SMEs operating in Italy, we focus on the determinants of their decision to adopt Fast Ethernet, a communication standard for Local Area Networks (LANs). We find that both expectations and network effects significantly affect the timing of adoption. In particular, price expectations generally tend to delay adoption and (indirect) network effects in the form of backward compatibility as well as informational spillovers tend to foster adoption. Firm size also matters. IS - 4 JF - Small Business Economics EP - 441 TI - Expectations, network effects and timing of technology adoption: some empirical evidence from a sample of SMEs in Italy VL - 31 SP - 425 AU - Corrocher, Nicoletta AU - Fontana, Roberto PY - 2008/12/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11187-007-9062-1 ER -