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Does One Wireless Standard Promote Faster Growth
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Kauffman, Robert J. Techatassanasoontorn, Angsana A. |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Abstract | International diffusion of wireless telecommunication and mobile e-commerce has increased since the height of the Internet economy. However, there are a number of different issues related to the role that technology standards play in promoting diffusion. We propose a new state-based theory of technology diffusion to enable managers and policy makers to better understand the states of digital wireless phone diffusion and factors that affect their diffusion rates, focusing on the issue of digital wireless standards. We use a modified Bass model and a coupled-hazard survival model to test a set of hypotheses that evaluate the effects of country environmental factors, digital and analog wireless phone industry environmental factors, and technology policy factors on the speed of diffusion. The results show that multiple standards and higher service prices slow down the digital wireless phone diffusion process from the Introduction State to the Partial Diffusion State. Competition in both the analog and digital wireless phone industries also shape the growth of diffusion. In addition, business practices and regulatory policies have short-term and long-term influences on diffusion speed. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://misrc.umn.edu/workingpapers/fullpapers/2004/0407_040404.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
