Factors for winning Format Battles: A modelling approach

There is considerable literature on format competition with several review articles establishing lists of factors that are thought to apply broadly in such contexts. However, the literature is not unequivocal regarding some factors that apparently can have a reinforcing or balancing effect on format adoption and dominance. This paper attempts to...

Extended prospect theory, een gedragseconomisch concept voor verklaren en voorspellen van keuzegedrag in verkeer en vervoer

Nutstheorie (Utility Theory) is de dominante benadering die in de vervoerswetenschappen wordt gevolgd voor de beschrijving van menselijk keuzegedrag met betrekking tot verplaatsingen. Vrijwel alle modellen die de reactie van verkeersdeelnemers op veranderingen in persoonlijke omstandigheden, b.v. als gevolg van beleidsmaatregelen, vertalen in...

Education on standardization as an input to research on standardization: A success story

At the faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, education about standardization focuses on market based standardization and particularly onfactors for standards battles. We have developed a general (award winning) course on technology and strategy in the first year of the M.Sc. Management of...

An analysis of Timmermans’ critique of Prospect Theory

In the European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research (EJTIR) Timmermans (2010) discussed the suitability of Prospect Theory for travel behaviour research. In that article appeared an assertion, about the explanatory performance of Prospect Theory with respect to choices in the TV game ‘Deal or no Deal’, which was not true. A thorough...

Timmermans’ Misleading Critique of Prospect Theory Actually Supports its Relevance for Travel Choice Modelling

For a special issue of this journal Timmermans (2010) was asked to make critical comments on the suitability of Prospect Theory for travel behaviour research. His article offers a comprehensive overview of all kinds of criticism that one might encounter in the social sciences. When browsing through it during the preparation of an article about...

Prospect Theory and Choice Behaviour Strategies: Review and Synthesis of Concepts from Social and Transport sciences

Utility Theory is commonly considered as the most useful descriptive theory of human choice behaviour. Alternative concepts are only incidentally considered. This paper reviews alternative assumptions and empirical findings about human choice behaviour. To facilitate comparison and synthesis the review starts with the proposal of a generic...

Technology standards battles and networks during the technology life cycle: The battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray

In this article we explore the changes in the structure and composition of networks supporting technologies during the phases of the technology life cycle. We conceptualize the technology life cycle phases by integrating two existing frameworks of Ortt and Schoormans (2004) and Suarez (2004). Based on theory, we argue that networks of actors...

Extended prospect theory: Findings on choice behaviour from economics and the behavioural sciences and their relevance for travel behaviour

In Transport Sciences different implementations of Utility Theory are commonly used for the description and prediction of human choice behaviour. Almost 30 years ago Kahneman and Tversky proposed an alternative behavioural-economic model of choice behaviour called Prospect Theory. In contrast to Utility Theory they assumed that preference orders...

Assessment of the value of travel time from stated choice surveys: The treatment of lexicographic answering

Integraal waterbeheer Ketelmeer erosie van slib ten gevolge van scheepvaart vervolgonderzoek

Het vewolgonderzoek erosie door scheepvaart valt in 2 onderwerpen uiteen: 1. Nadere kwantiicering van de emsieflux ten gevolge van scheepvaart. 2. Vergelijking van de mate van verontreiniging van het door scheepvaart opgewerveld slib met die van het slib dat als achtergrondconcentratie in het Ketelmeer aanwezig is. 1. In de scheepvaartroute...

Kust- en oeverwerken in praktijk en theorie

Overzicht van methoden en technieken voor ontwerp en uitvoering van zinkwerken, oeverbescherming, taludverdediging en andere kust- en oeverwerken. Aandacht voor geokunststoffen, kunststoffilters en granualire filters. Hydraulische belastingen op oevers. Praktijkvoorbeelden en voorbeeldontwerpen.