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Networks, Options and Preemption.
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This paper examines the irreversible adoption of a technology whose returns are uncertain, when there is an advantage to being the first adopter, but a network advantage to adopting when others also do so. Two patterns of adoption emerge: sequential, in which the leader aggressively preempts its rival; and a more accommodating outcome in which the firms adopt simultaneously.TECHNOLOGY ; NETWORK ANALYSIS ; EFFICIENCY