We introduce an integrative tool, called a strategy map, for describing the nature of a given competitive environment. The approach can also suggest specific courses of actions for competing businesses in those environments. The strength of the method is its ability to capture and communicate...

This paper presents an empirical estimation of catastrophe model of organizational adoptions of a high technology product when network externalities are present. As such, it integrates work from the economics literature and the catastrophe literature to provide a broadeer look at adoption...

Following the framework found in Oliva et al. 1987, GEMCAT II implements a felxible method to test catastrophe models containing multivariate (i.e., latent) variables while allowing for a prioi variable specifications. The system uses an efficient hybrid minimization algorithm combining the...