Communications of the ACM
Personal Computing
Interacting with electronic mail can be a dream or a night: a user's point of view
Interacting with Computers
Charging for Computing Resources
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
The allocation of computer resources—is pricing the answer?
Communications of the ACM
Corporate Information Systems Management: Text and Cases
Corporate Information Systems Management: Text and Cases
Basic considerations in developing computer charging mechanisms
ACM SIGMIS Database
Information technology innovations: a classification by IT locus of impact and research approach
ACM SIGMIS Database - Special double issue: diffusion of technological innovation
Virtual communities and society: Toward an integrative three phase model
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
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The prescriptive literature on charging for information technologies considers two main objectives that are served by access charges and use charges: cost recovery and regulation of computing resource utilization. Recently, researchers in the field have suggested that designers of charging mechanisms must also pay attention to the type of information technology and to the phase of the diffusion lifecycle. Specifically, innovation-oriented organizations have been advised to design liberal low charges either for communication technologies or during the technology initiation phase.The contribution of this paper is twofold. First, it organizes published recommendations under one conceptual framework, whereby charging is adapted according to both the technology type and the phase of the diffusion lifecycle. Second, where diffusion patterns are most sensitive to the charging policy, i.e., for communication technologies during the initiation and perhaps even the adaptation phase of the lifecycle, we go beyond existing recommendations and advocate negative charging. Mini-cases serve to illustrate the various recommended charging options.