Motives for participation in Internet innovation intermediary platforms

Internet innovation intermediaries are the key role of an organization that affects on innovation processes and driving a potential contributor to economic development. Therefore, understanding what are the main motivations that drive the participation of users into these innovation intermediaries is increasingly relevant. This is why this paper aims to develop an understanding on this matter with UTAUT framework in order to examine the effects of major factors on behavioral intention and actual use of Internet innovation intermediaries and topic discussions. An empirical study was conducted in 10 Internet innovation intermediary platforms using a survey instrument targeting 735 respondents and mainly from China and Taiwan. The findings show that there is a significant relationship between facilitating conditions and usage behavior proving that intermediaries can influence the usage of Internet innovation intermediary platforms. The theoretical and practical implications of the study are discussed, offering recommendations and future research directions.     

Differences in mobile health app use: A source of new digital inequalities?

This article provides a more differentiated understanding of mobile health consumers, and considers whether health app use may contribute to new digital inequalities. It focuses on factors associated with mobile health app use, and identifies which factors explain the use of different types of health apps. Data from a large representative sample of the Dutch population (N = 1,079) show that mobile health app users were generally younger, higher educated, and had higher levels of e-health literacy skills than non-users. Interestingly, different usage patterns were found for specific types of health apps. Theory and policy implications are discussed.     

新媒体环境下农民工微信公众号使用行为影响因素分析

【目的/意义】随着互联网技术的快速发展和城镇化进程的不断推进,微信公众号成为农民工群体获得信息 的主要渠道,研究和分析农民工群体的微信公众号使用行为成为了信息行为分析的重要组成部分。【目的/意义】本 研究以使用满足理论作为理论框架,在TAM模型的基础上构建了农民工微信公众号使用行为影响因素模型,通过 结构方程对数据结果进行实证分析。【结果/结论】数据结果表明社群影响对农民工微信公众号使用的满意度等具 有正向影响;感知易用性对感知有用性和用户使用行为具有正向影响;感知有用性对使用行为具有显著影响;满意 度对农民公微信公众号使用行为具有显著影响。本研究对于了解农民工群体信息行为特征,制定新媒体环境下针 对农民工群体的信息服务政策具有理论和实践的指导意义。【创新/局限】在TAM模型的基础上构建了基于使用满 足理论的农民工群体微信公众号使用行为影响因素概念模型,为研究新媒体环境下农民工群体的信息行为提供了 新的研究视角;但研究的调查对象主要为东北地区、河北等地的农民工,在未来的研究中,将进一步扩大研究样本。     

Being old in an always-on culture: Older people's perceptions and experiences of online communication

Research on the digital divide has moved beyond connectivity to skills and usage disparities. Yet for many older people lack of connectivity remains a challenge, and for those who do have access, skills and usage remain an issue. We report findings of an in-depth qualitative study of older people's perceptions of online communications and also their actual experiences. Findings indicate that older people who are already socially well connected benefit from online communication more than those who are not.     

The Reality beyond the Hype: Mobile Internet is Primarily an Extension of PC-Based Internet

The mobile Internet (MI) has been hyped as the next big thing by telecom operators, handset manufacturers, and content providers. However, recent studies indicate that the usage of Internet via mobile phones has remained quite flat. The authors inquire into this discrepancy by focusing on actual usage of the MI and the motivating factors behind its use. Based on focus-group interviews in Norway and Hungary, they argue that MI usage is interrelated with and is an extension of the personal computer (PC)–based Internet. The key motivation behind MI use is to attain information in situations in which the PC is out of reach. In effect, MI has not led to the development of new usages. The expectation that the development of new killer applications will lead to an explosion of new usage is therefore misguided. MI usage is and will perhaps continue to be a mere extension of PC-based Internet usage—and such use activities are the very nature of MI.     

企业集团研发协同影响因素及其效果研究

本文以企业集团研发协同为研究对象,将企业集团研发协同分为母子公司研发协同、子公司间研发协同和公司内部研发协同三个维度,构建研发协同影响因素、企业集团各维度协同水平和研发绩效的测量量表。通过回归分析验证了战略导向、组织文化、激励机制及沟通机制四个因素对企业集团研发协同各维度的影响:战略导向对母子公司研发协同水平具有促进作用,对子公司间和公司内部研发水平影响不显著;组织文化对母子公司研发协同和公司内部研发协同水平有正向影响,对子公司间研发协同水平影响不显著;激励机制在子公司之间、公司内部有促进研发协同水平的作用,对母子公司的研发协同水平影响不显著;沟通机制对于企业集团各维度的研发协同水平均有显著正向影响。并在此基础上探索了研发协同各维度的实现水平对集团研发绩效的影响,研究发现母子公司间、子公司间以及公司内部研发协同水平均对研发绩效具有显著正向影响。     

基于知识图谱的国际科学计量学研究前沿计量分析

摘要：通过绘制科学计量学研究前沿知识图谱,界定出七大国际科学计量学研究前沿领域：1、引文理论、科学交流、基础科研评价;2、科学知识图谱理论与方法、网络计量学;3、科学技术合作;4、科学计量学经典概率分布、文献计量学定律、信息计量学;5、科学计量学指标与国家科研绩效评价;6、知识的新产品--科技动力学;7、科学与技术的关系。其中前沿领域1、2、4属于理论与方法研究领域,而前沿领域3、5、6、7属于应用研究领域。经过比较发现科学计量学更加侧重于理论与方法研究。     

网络环境下知识产权的信息交流背景分析

信息交流在网络环境下有着不同的背景和特点。本文着重分析了互联网这种新媒介下信息交流的全新模式及其负面影响，指出应加快信息立法，以保护信息交流的知识产权并规范信息管理。     

Social behavior and brand devotion among iPhone innovators

Convergence of communication technologies and innovative product features are expanding the markets for technological products and services. Prior literature on technology acceptance and use has focused on utilitarian belief factors as predictors of rational adoption decisions and subsequent user behavior. This presupposes that consumers’ intentions to use technology are based on functional or utilitarian needs. Using netnographic evidence on iPhone usage, this study suggests that innovative consumers adopt and use new technology for not just utilitarian but also for experiential outcomes. The study presents an interpretive analysis of the consumption behavior of very early iPhone users. Apple introduced iPhone as a revolutionary mobile handset offering integrated features and converged services—a handheld computer-cum-phone with a touch-screen web browser, a music player, an organizer, a note-taker, and a camera. This revolutionary product opened up new possibilities to meld functional tasks, hedonism, and social signaling. The study suggests that even utilitarian users have hedonic and social factors present in their consumption patterns.     

Examination of how social aspects moderate the relationship between task characteristics and usage of social communication technologies (SCTs) in organizations

Because of the increasing significance of social communication technologies within an organization, they have become a new form of information processing, resulting in business process transitions and increased benefits. By applying media richness theory and social theories, this study investigated how social communication technologies (SCTs) can be used by an employee to fit his/her task characteristics. Additionally, it also examined how the employee's social relationships moderated media usage in the current job environment and how this usage influenced the task performance. Five media were selected in this study (telephone, video conferencing, email, instant messaging, and blog). Using a hierarchical regression approach, we found that task characteristics were related to media usage, whereas social factors (social influence and social affinity) moderated the degree of the relationships. A few particular media and technologies seemed to perform well, however these are influenced by the social aspects. Moreover, the usage of social technologies results in positive task performance. The performance of a few specific technologies demonstrated binding effects (email performance was associated with instant messenger performance). In summary, we found that the usage of SCTs is instrumentally determined by the interaction between the task and social relationships.     

New Media/Internet Research Topics of the Association of Internet Researchers

This study summarizes prior reviews of new media and Internet research, and the growth of the term Internet in academic publications and online newsgroups. It then uses semantic network analysis to summarize the interests and concepts of an interdisciplinary group of Internet researchers, as represented by session titles and paper titles and abstracts from the 2003 and 2004 Association of Internet Researchers conferences. In both years, the most frequent words appearing in the paper abstracts included Internet, online, community, social, technology, and research. The 2003 papers emphasized topics such as the social analysis/research of online/Internet communication, community, and information, with particular coverage of access, individuals, groups, digital media, culture; role and process in e-organizations; and world development. The 2004 papers emphasized topics such as access; news and social issues; the role of individuals in communities; user-based studies; usage data; and blogs, women, and search policy, among others.     

新一代中文智能搜索引擎尤里卡研究

本文介绍了Internet新一代中文智能搜索引擎尤里卡的基本情况，它能对自然语言查询进行语义理解，克服了传播搜索方法与语义无关的缺点。研究了该搜索引擎的使用方法与技巧，同时客观地评价了它的优劣得失，指出需进一步完善之处。     

模糊前端不确定性、知识共享与新产品开发绩效

本研究选取我国制造业部分行业的企业员工为研究对象,将知识共享引入模糊前端(FFE)创新,通过构建FFE阶段及其关联因素与新产品开发(NPD)绩效之间的知识共享模型,实证分析知识共享对降低FFE不确定性和提升NPD绩效的影响机理。研究结果表明,FFE阶段市场、资源、组织及技术不确定性的降低对NPD绩效具有不同程度的正向影响;知识共享对降低市场、资源、组织与技术不确定性以及NPD绩效均具有不同程度的正向影响,尤其对NPD绩效的影响更为显著;详细的初始规划有利于降低市场、资源、组织与技术不确定性并提高NPD绩效。研究结果不仅对知识共享和模糊前端的深入研究具有重要理论启示,同时对我国制造业企业的新产品开发实践具有重要的现实指导意义。     

R&D subsidies & external collaborative breadth: Differential gains and the role of collaboration experience

External collaboration breadth is important for firms to acquire the knowledge needed to innovate. In this paper, we combine cross-sectional and longitudinal data from the Spanish Panel of Technological Innovation Survey (PITEC) to examine the indirect impact of R&D subsidies on firm external collaboration breadth. We contribute to understanding of the indirect impacts of R&D subsidies by first providing strong evidence of an economically significant average positive impact of R&D subsidies on firm external collaboration breadth. Second, our results advance understanding of the differential impacts of R&D subsidies by revealing the vast heterogeneity of the impact at the firm level, where approximately only half of treated firms experience a positive collaboration impact from R&D subsidies, while the remainder experience no impact or a negative effect. Finally, we advance understanding of the characteristics explaining the differential impact of R&D subsidies on external collaboration breadth by utilising the organisational learning literature to demonstrate the important role of firm collaboration experience.     

New Media/Internet Research Topics of the Association of Internet Researchers

This study summarizes prior reviews of new media and Internet research, and the growth of the term Internet in academic publications and online newsgroups. It then uses semantic network analysis to summarize the interests and concepts of an interdisciplinary group of Internet researchers, as represented by session titles and paper titles and abstracts from the 2003 and 2004 Association of Internet Researchers conferences. In both years, the most frequent words appearing in the paper abstracts included Internet, online, community, social, technology, and research. The 2003 papers emphasized topics such as the social analysis/research of online/Internet communication, community, and information, with particular coverage of access, individuals, groups, digital media, culture; role and process in e-organizations; and world development. The 2004 papers emphasized topics such as access; news and social issues; the role of individuals in communities; user-based studies; usage data; and blogs, women, and search policy, among others.     

The usage and adoption of cloud computing by small and medium businesses

Cloud computing has become the buzzword in the industry today. Though, it is not an entirely new concept but in today's digital age, it has become ubiquitous due to the proliferation of Internet, broadband, mobile devices, better bandwidth and mobility requirements for end-users (be it consumers, SMEs or enterprises). In this paper, the focus is on the perceived inclination of micro and small businesses (SMEs or SMBs) toward cloud computing and the benefits reaped by them. This paper presents five factors influencing the cloud usage by this business community, whose needs and business requirements are very different from large enterprises. Firstly, ease of use and convenience is the biggest favorable factor followed by security and privacy and then comes the cost reduction. The fourth factor reliability is ignored as SMEs do not consider cloud as reliable. Lastly but not the least, SMEs do not want to use cloud for sharing and collaboration and prefer their old conventional methods for sharing and collaborating with their stakeholders.     

Exploring organizational expansion modes and their associated communication system requirements: consolidation and complementation

The expectation of firms following aggressive growth strategies is that firms expanding geographically will acquire extensive economic advantages unavailable to more conservative competitors. Growth-minded firms also believe that by integrating info-communication technology (ICT) within their regional infrastructures, distribution channels, and marketing approaches, they can achieve lower costs or enhanced differentiation within a broad scope of operations. Empirical evidence shows that many organizational expansions have been implemented utilizing two major expansion modes, consolidation and complementation. This research examines the modal properties of these approaches in terms of their configurational characteristics, economic rationales and managerial requirements. Viewed from a top-down perspective the modal properties further suggest the organization's management support system requirements. This study also identifies and explores the corresponding communication system requirements, especially for key dispersion-related communication configurations and systems. The desired practical effect of this research would be an increased awareness of and an incentive for commercial and industrial enterprises to include communication system requirements in their adopted expansion mode deliberations.     

基于智库双螺旋法的互联网时代就业问题研究

我国互联网以举世瞩目的发展速度和规模迅速渗透到社会生产和生活，社会发展进入“万物互联”时代。以互联网经济、数字经济等为代表的经济新业态成为引发新一轮经济增长的新动能，对就业技能需求产生了深刻影响，成为社会领域研究的重大课题，这就需要敏锐把握发展规律、洞察发展趋势、进行预测预见、及时予以政策响应。文章基于智库双螺旋法，提出构建互联网时代就业问题的智库研究新体系。首先，从理论和方法角度阐述了基于智库双螺旋法的互联网时代就业问题的机理研究。其次，从研究环节和研究逻辑角度基于智库双螺旋法的“六个转变”，归纳总结新体系的关键特征。最后，思考和阐释智库研究与学术研究的关系，揭示了学术实践型的智库研究体系的重要意义和价值。     

基于共词聚类的能源互联网研究热点及发展脉络分析

能源互联网是传统能源向智慧能源转型的新的突破口。对该主题相关研究文献的共词分析、聚类分析及引文编年分析,有利于加强能源互联网的高效利用,把握该研究领域的研究动态,探索新的研究方向,为打造绿色网络提供理论支撑。论文研究发现:能源网络职能演进研究、能源互联网技术体系研究、能源的生产调度及传输控制研究、能源互联网信息获取和处理4个方面构成了能源互联网研究主要研究脉络。并且涵盖材料学、生物学、电子控制学、信息科学、经济管理学等学科领域,是典型的学科交叉性问题。通过对相关研究文献的进一步文献计量分析,论文进一步发现:新时代能源互联网发展需要具备以下条件:政策引导、行业分工协作、互联网技术进步、金融媒体支持与倡导。     

A Multidimensional Analysis of the Disability Digital Divide: Some Evidence for Internet Use

Over the last few years, information and communication technologies have become an essential part of daily life, affecting education, employment, and leisure, among other activities. Nonetheless, many individuals still reap few or no benefits from these technologies, and there are resilient gaps in their use. Within this larger context, the authors examine the Internet digital divide between people with and without disabilities from a multidimensional approach. Rather than analyzing the gap in terms of “haves” and “have-nots,” a range of Internet-related dimensions—affordability, motivation and attitudes, skills, usage, and others—is taken into account.