Externalities, Incentives and Strategic Complementarities: Understanding Herd Behavior in IT Adoption

• Main Authors: LI, Xiaotong, Kauffman, Robert J., YU, Feifei, ZHANG, Ying
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• 主題: Behavioral game theory; Bounded rationality; Economic theory; Equilibrium coordination; Herd behavior; Informational cascades; IT adoption; Managerial behavioral biases; Network effects; Computer Sciences; Management Information Systems; Technology and Innovation
• 在線閱讀: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/2118; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10257-013-0231-2

Herd behavior arises in many instances of information technology (IT) adoption. This study examines the economic and behavioral bases for herd behavior and decision conformity. We investigate the roles of payoff externalities, observational learning and managerial incentives in influencing IT adopti...