Chris Forman

Assistant Professor
GSIA, Carnegie Mellon University

Tel: 412.268.1117 Fax: 412.268.7345

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Areas of interest

  • Diffusion of IT innovations
  • Measurement of technological change
  • Determinants of IT demand

Chris Forman was a visitor in Summer 2004.

Education

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2002
B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1994

Selected research

"How Did Location Affect Adoption of the Commercial Internet? Global Village, Urban Density, and Industry Composition," with Avi Goldfarb and Shane Greenstein, Working Paper, Carnegie Mellon University, 2003

"Digital Dispersion in Internet Use: A Comparison of Industries and Regions," with Avi Goldfarb and Shane Greenstein, Working Paper, Carnegie Mellon University, 2002.

"The Corporate Digital Divide: Determinants of Internet Adoption," Working Paper, Carnegie Mellon University, 2003.

"Switching Costs and Network Effects in the Market for Routers and Switches," with Pei-yu Chen, Working Paper, Carnegie Mellon University, 2002.

"Prices for Local Area Network Equipment," with Mark Doms, Working Paper, Carnegie Mellon University, 2002.

"Reciprocal Exchange in Agency," with Nabil Al-Najjar, Working Paper, Carnegie Mellon University, 2002.