Technology adoption often occurs sequentially, so that later potential adopters can see the decisions (adopt or not adopt) of earlier potential adopters. Here, we construct a model of the technology adoption decision where 1) adoption occurs sequentially, 2) each decision maker has some private information about the fitness of a technology, and 3) decision makers can see the decisions, but not ...

This article presents a theoretical framework distinguishing four systematically different levels of Web Service technology adoption. The framework is related to Swanson’s IS innovation theory. Based on IS innovation theory the conjecture is made that each level of Web Service technology adoption has important differences in adoption requirements and potential outcomes. The framework is intende...

Many studies of technology adoption have noted that new technology can have far-reaching effects, dramatically changing the environment (e.g., work, home, school) in which we use the technology. The current research operationalizes the equity implementation model (EIM) to provide an equity/fairness perspective on technology adoption in the context of online discussion tools. The EIM applies equ...