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Topic: Strategy

Applying Bass Diffusion Model To Web-based Goods?

Posted by Anonymous on 125 Points
Could a Bass Diffusion Model be applied to a web-based technology?

For example, if someone were trying model active user growth for a paypal or eBay (before they were launched), could they try to apply the Bass Model?

Can the model be applied to forecast adoption for web-based software? Or cloud-computing products?

Along these same lines, how are these web-based products classified? "Durable goods"? Some of these seem to walk a line between product and service.

Any thoughts on this are appreciated.

Thanks.
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  • Posted on Accepted
    I don't know the answer to your question and can't recite the mathematics behind the model anymore. But in short, I don't see why not?

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