Web 2.0 networks have provoked a revolution in the last years due to their capacity to modify human relationships, particularly in business contexts. Social capital, as a crucial intangible asset embedded in Web 2.0 networks, can be extremely helpful to build and optimize personal and...

Data is the new gold, as correctly stated by many people that data is the most valued thing/entity in today's world. Data is sold at a very high price at various levels across various vendors. For example, the data after the analytics on an e-commerce site can be used by any advertisement...

Gender stereotypes pose an important hurdle on the way to gender equality. It is difficult to quantify the problem, though, as stereotypical beliefs are often subconscious or not openly expressed. User-generated content (UGC) opens up novel opportunities to overcome such challenges, as the...

Start-ups are built by the charismatic leaders with innovative ideas, creativity, and distinguished expertise. However, they face huge challenges for growth and survival in an uncertain and competitive business eco-system. The aim of the present study is to examine the effect of entrepreneurial...

This study uses social media analytics to analyze Twitter users' views, opinions, and sentiments towards the Winter Olympics 2022. Impression Management Theory (IMT) and Social Presence Theory (SPT) have been utilized to analyze the imposition of the decision to practice self-censorship to...

The social media landscape changes very fast. It regards, among others, the accessible platforms and the features of social media tools. It also concerns the broad spectrum of institutions that start their virtual activity in different ways, and museums' participation in social media can be...

Technology, digital advances, and social media are increasingly used to facilitate and influence online consumer purchasing behavior. Growth at the intersection of e-commerce, social networking usage, and functionality has given rise to the social commerce phenomenon. Social commerce sites allow...

The advancement of conversational AI techniques is driving the rise of chatbot applications in various fields. Pioneering business studies have examined the effects of functional chatbots for specific business tasks, such as customer service. This study extends the business literature by...

Gender stereotypes pose an important hurdle on the way to gender equality. It is difficult to quantify the problem, though, as stereotypical beliefs are often subconscious or not openly expressed. User-generated content (UGC) opens up novel opportunities to overcome such challenges, as the...

Social networking learning is emerging in light of the European Skills Agenda and technological development. This aims to incorporate learning techniques in social networking environments to foster formal and informal learning. However, the classical customer-oriented social networks provide an...

A typical user-generated content (UGC) platform operates as an ecosystem: the platform provides incomes for the creators, the creators provide contents for the viewers, and the viewers provide advertising revenue to the platform, forming a relationship triangle. Managing a UGC platform is a...

While monetary rewards have been widely used by online platforms to motivate user-generated content (UGC) contributions, users may not demonstrate the expected behaviors. Unintended consequences, exemplified by unchanged or reduced UGC contributions, may occur. Through two natural experiments,...

This article explores the alternative system of contractual regulation that permits monetised user-generated content (UGC) in the video game industry. By situating the user in an industry where it is possible to earn millions from "playing games", this article challenges the assumption in...

After decades of uncertainty in the area of class actions and tort law, waiver of tort is dead. In its decision in Atlantic Lottery Corp Inc v Babstock, the Supreme Court of Canada killed off the concept once and for all, holding that, “[t]his novel cause of action does not exist in Canadian...

This research report proposes a novel conceptual distinction between two motivations to post user-generated content – social motivation and informational motivation – and tests five linguistic features characterizing user-generated content that was posted driven predominantly by one of these...

This paper develops a duopoly model of user-generated content (UGC) platforms that compete for consumers and content producers in two-sided markets with network externalities. Each platform can choose the level of investment into a content quality assurance (CQA) system and the level of...

This paper discusses the evolution of central bank communication, focusing on recent efforts by central banks to engage with a wider audience via social media. We document the social media presence of major central banks and discuss how analyzing Twitter content by and about monetary policy...

This paper develops a duopoly model of user-generated content (UGC) platforms that compete for consumers and content producers in two-sided markets with network externalities. Each platform can choose the level of investment into a content quality assurance (CQA) system and the level of...

With the widespread prevalence of social media platforms, it is critical to consider students' attitudes and acceptance of these platforms to build potential understandings and deployments of these emerging technologies in education. The objective of the current paper is to explore these...

With the growing popularity and versatility of mobile applications, this study examined consumers' usage of multi-functional social media content apps and the influence of user-generated travel posts on their travel decision-making. Using the case of Chinese millennial travelers and Weibo and...