Contagion effects of electronic commerce diffusion: Perspective from network analysis of industrial structure |
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Authors: | Hsin-Yu Shih [Author Vitae] |
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Institution: | Department of International Business Studies, National Chi Nan University, 1, University Rd., Puli, Nantou 545, Taiwan |
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Abstract: | This study presents a quantitative method for investigating the diffusion of e-commerce adoption using social network analysis methodologies. The contagion effects on innovation diffusion are examined by two different social network models: the cohesion model, which is based on diffusion by direct communication, and the structural equivalence model, which is based on diffusion by similarity of network position. This study then empirically examines a sample of e-commerce diffusion taken from the Taiwan's industrial structure in 2001. The analytical results show that e-commerce diffusion among firms in Taiwan exhibits both contagion effects, but that the mimetic behavior is predicted better by network position than by interactions with others. |
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Keywords: | Electronic commerce Contagion effect Cohesion Structural equivalence Innovation diffusion |
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