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Title: | The diffusion of IP telephony and vendors' commercialisation strategies |
Authors: | Papazafeiropoulou, A Dwivedi, YK |
Keywords: | IP telephony;Commercialisation strategies;Diffusion process;Disruptive innovation |
Issue Date: | 2009 |
Publisher: | Palgrave MacMillan Ltd |
Citation: | Journal of Information Technology, 24(1), 25 - 34, 2009 |
Abstract: | The Internet telephony (IP telephony) has been presented as a technology that can replace existing fixed-line services and disrupt the telecommunications industry by offering new low-priced services. This study investigates the diffusion of IP telephony in Denmark by focusing on vendors’ commercialisation strategies. The theory of disruptive innovation is introduced to investigate vendors’ perceptions about IP telephony and explore their strategies that affect the diffusion process in the residential market. The analysis is based on interview data collected from the key market players. The study's findings suggest that IP telephony is treated as a sustaining innovation that goes beyond the typical voice transmission and enables provision of advanced services such as video telephony. |
Description: | This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in the Journal of Information Technology. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available at the link below. |
URI: | http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jit/journal/v24/n1/full/jit200829a.html http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/8809 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/jit.2008.29 |
ISSN: | 0268-3962 |
Appears in Collections: | Computer Science Dept of Computer Science Research Papers |
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