We present a parsimonious theoretical model that illustrates how Internet-based virtual environments (such as social networking Web sites) moderate the relationship between social networks and social entrepreneurship. Social networks promote social entrepreneurship by means of (a) technology and...

Integrating the customer in the innovation process is believed to be a powerful means to reduce failure rates and to increase the revenue from new products. Although many companies have launched programs to enable such integration, the understanding of the mechanisms behind successful programs...

This article examines a worldwide shift in laws, policies, and practices pertaining to intermediaries’ role in online copyright enforcement. We use a comparative methodology to expose an emerging trend in jurisdictions, including Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, the European Union, France,...

While recent research has demonstrated the impact of online product ratings and reviews on product sales, we still have a limited understanding of the individual’s decision to contribute these opinions. In this research, we empirically model the individual’s decision to provide a product...

Today, the use of the Internet for social networking is a popular method among youngsters. This study focuses on this aspect to know the awareness, usage and satisfaction among college students who use the Internet. The study finds that a college student spends atleast one hour per day on the...

We use variation in wind speeds at surfing locations in Switzerland as exogenous shifters of users' propensity to post content about their surfing activity onto an online social network. We exploit this variation to test whether users' online content generation activity has a causal effect on...

THE LEADING QUESTION: • How can companies manage their brand communities effectively? FINDINGS: • Setting up and managing a brand community of customers is a potentially powerful marketing program for companies in the current harsh economic climate. • Many company-run brand communities...

The Stored Communications Act (SCA) was passed in 1986 to regulate information release on the developing Internet. Twenty years later, while the quantity and quality of information collected online has grown, the amount that is regulated by the SCA is increasingly uncertain. Although the SCA was...

This study considers the role of social networktheory in unveiling the hidden value in Internet networks in the Swedishbiotechnology industry. To value informal internet-based networks, socialnetwork analysis is used to identify key nodes in the network on the Internetfor small- to medium-sized...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is toresearch the stress caused to small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) staff byonline collaboration. It aims to investigate online team roles as possiblestressors. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on research carried out ononline...