An oldie but a goodie – Paul Steffens’s paper hits SSRN top 10 list

A very old paper – in fact, dating back to my first ever publication during my PhD – seems to be making at least some impact.

The paper, “A Mathematical Model for New Product Diffusion: The Influence of Innovators and Imitators”, published in Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 11-26, 1992. The paper proposes an alternative to the famous Bass (1969) model of diffusion, and finds some empirical support. It has made the top 10 on SSRN (Social Science Research Network) Innovation and Microeconomics.

A lesson for young scholars – I probably wasted this half decent paper in a “nothing journal”. It has only a handful of citations (15 on Google scholar).  Inexperienced, I was approached by the editor at a conference and agreed to submit.  These days, of journal ranking (even if they have officially disappeared now) and ERA, I would probably not make the same mistake.

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