Economists and legal scholars have debated the reasons people adopt open source software, and accordingly whether and to what extent the open source model can scale, replacing proprietary rights as a primary means of production. In this study, we use the release by a biotechnology company of...

Design is an exploratory activity, and there are many ways to get lost or stuck. There is no pre-existing map – the map is built through the design process. We first discuss design space - the space of possible choices in creating something new - and how it can be visualized. We then discuss...

Although successive generations of digital technology have become increasingly powerful in the past 20 years, digital democracy has yet to realize its potential for deliberative transformation. The undemocratic exploitation of massive social media systems continued this trend, but it only...

Exponentially growing data, big data, dark data and data trash are throwing excellent opportunities in the world. But associated costs and risks are also significant. “Big Garbage in, Big Garbage out” seems new phrase in computing. This paper is motivated by risk and cost stresses on non-IT...

The use of technology in HR (e-HRM) is well established for the purposes of improving HR operational processes and allowing distributed access to employees and managers. The objective of this paper is to identify the challenges associated with the implementation and some recommendations for...