Authors: | Giovanis, Apostolos Skiadas, Christos |
Issue Date: | 13-Dec-2006 |
Journal: | Computational Economics |
Volume: | 29 |
Issue: | 2 |
Keywords: | Diffusion speed, Innovation diffusion modeling, Modeling telecommunication services, Technology marketing-management, Time-delay model |
Abstract: | The objective of this paper is to investigate the impact of the time-delay effect on the diffusion of mobile telecommunication services in EU. It has been proved from several studies that the time-delay between the awareness and the adoption phase of mobile services-potential users determines the speed of the mobile telecommunication service diffusion and can be used effectively for ranking or cluster purposes in cases when the diffusion of a new product in different countries is studied. The proposed modeling approach originates from the well-known logistic model where it is assumed that the ordinary contagion process does not take place instantly but after some certain amount of time. A proper modification of the proposed model described by a time lag ordinary differential equation can be solved analytically and its properties for several parameters' combination are investigated. Moreover, a new diffusion speed index is proposed and the correlation between the time-delay index and the proposed diffusion speed index is examined. Finally the model is applied to real data concerning the mobile services diffusion in 15 counties of EU from 1990 to 2002. Based on the estimated parameters of the model produced for each country a ranking and a clustering of the EU countries based on their derived diffusion speed and time-delay indexes are provided. |
ISSN: | 1572-9974 0927-7099 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10614-006-9067-x |
URI: | https://uniwacris.uniwa.gr/handle/3000/2503 |
Type: | Article |
Department: | Department of Business Administration |
School: | School of Administrative, Economics and Social Sciences |
Affiliation: | University of West Attica (UNIWA) |
Appears in Collections: | Articles / Άρθρα |
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