{"title":"Regulatory Objectives for Contemporary Electronic Communications: Talking Business or Talking Culture?","authors":"Mira Burri","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.1321375","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.1321375","url":null,"abstract":"The common mantra in telecommunications regulatory fora (be it national, regional or international) now goes along the lines of 'deregulation-good; regulation-bad' and competition is said to be the ultimate answer to basically every question. A generalised dictum like this is in itself suspicious and even more so, when it refers to a sector such as telecommunications, which has a history of heavy regulation and has been the very epitome of state intervention. In the contemporary environment of vibrant communications, subcribing to a purely 'black-or-white' aproach may be, to put it mildly, unsafe. Before answering the question of appropriate regulatory model for communications markets, it is essential to figure out what goals are to be pursued in order to consider what kind of measures could bring about their attainment. In the words of Robert Bork, 'only when the issue of goals has been settled is it possible to frame a coherent body of substantive rules'. Against this backdrop, the present paper looks into the goals and objectives of telecommunications regulation, their complexity and inherent tension between commercial and public interests.","PeriodicalId":193943,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems: Behavioral & Social Methods","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114778192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Visible Moves and Invisible Bodies: The Case of Teleworking in an Italian Call Centre","authors":"Raffaella Valsecchi","doi":"10.1111/j.1468-005X.2006.00168.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-005X.2006.00168.x","url":null,"abstract":"Popular images of teleworkers' autonomy, such as 'the electronic cottage', give unrealistic pictures of the control exercised over teleworkers, particularly when these are call centre operators and highly integrated information and communication technology systems facilitate pervasive forms of control. However, this study of Italian home-located call centre operators demonstrates that extensive and multifaceted monitoring practices cannot 'solve' the controversial issue of control.","PeriodicalId":193943,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems: Behavioral & Social Methods","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131621132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Determinants of the Perceived Value of Information in Information Search Contexts","authors":"Allen M. Weiss, Nicholas H. Lurie, D. MacInnis","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.912512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.912512","url":null,"abstract":"While considerable research has examined information search behavior, little is known about factors that impact how individuals judge the value of the information they receive. We argue that the extent to which an information seeker judges information to be valuable depends on the breadth and depth of the information provider's expertise relative to that of other information providers who respond to that same information seeker. Information value is also impacted by the relative responsiveness the information provider - that is, how quickly, how frequently and how elaborately they respond to the information seeker's query. Importantly though, we find that these effects are moderated by the information seeker's goals - that is, whether they are searching for information so as to learn something new (a learning goal) or whether they are searching for information to decide what to do (a decision making goal).","PeriodicalId":193943,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems: Behavioral & Social Methods","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122879869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Scenarios of Financial and Accounting E-Activities in the Virtual Enterprise","authors":"A. Tugui","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.899558","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.899558","url":null,"abstract":"Practitioners of finance and accounting can read more and more articles in specialized magazines about the virtual enterprise and the implications of the information digitalization of the field in which they will operate. However, few of them understand the challenges that they will have to face in the following 10-15 years. This is the reason why the present study aims to present a series of information scenarios corresponding to the financial and accounting activities in the future virtual enterprise. More precisely, we will focus on the conversion of the following financial and accounting activities: incomings, outgoings, payments, cashings and financial audit.","PeriodicalId":193943,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems: Behavioral & Social Methods","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121184699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. Nooteboom, V. Gilsing, W. Vanhaverbeke, G. Duysters, A. van den Oord
{"title":"Network Embeddedness and the Exploration of Novel Technologies: Technological Distance, Betweenness Centrality and Density","authors":"B. Nooteboom, V. Gilsing, W. Vanhaverbeke, G. Duysters, A. van den Oord","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.903743","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.903743","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims to understand better the innovation potential of a firm's alliance network. Here we analyze the role of an alliance network in terms of the technological distance between partners, a firm's network position (centrality) and total network density. We study how these three elements of an alliance network, separately and in combination, affect the 'twin tasks' in exploration, namely novelty creation on the one hand and its efficient absorption on the other hand. For an empirical test, we study technology-based alliance networks in the pharmaceutical, chemical and automotive industries. Our findings indicate that successful exploration indeed seems to require a delicate balance between these two exploration tasks. A second conclusion is that different network positions yield different pay-offs in terms of the number of explorative patents. In other words, success rates for exploration are not spread equally across firms. However, position alone does not tell the full story. Our empirical findings clearly indicate that exploration success also depends on the other two dimensions of embeddedness, namely technological distance and network density. The three elements of network embeddedness need to be considered jointly in order to understand their complementary effects on both novelty creation and absorptive capacity. (This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.) (This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.) (This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.) (This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.) (This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.) (This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.) (This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.)","PeriodicalId":193943,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems: Behavioral & Social Methods","volume":"143 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117053894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Working Conditions of Temporary Company-Affiliated it Workers","authors":"Ann Westenholz","doi":"10.1111/j.1468-005X.2006.00161.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-005X.2006.00161.x","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explores the relationship between temporary company affiliation and working conditions for a group of information technology workers. The problem is addressed through three competing discourses: a periphery discourse, a market discourse and a professional discourse. The analysis shows that the different discourses apply to different aspects of working conditions.","PeriodicalId":193943,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems: Behavioral & Social Methods","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122376712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Internet Political Campaigns: Delving into the Demography of the Digital Divide","authors":"S. Chakravarty, M. Caldwell","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.623701","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.623701","url":null,"abstract":"Using the Internet medium in order to mobilize supporters, disseminate ideology and fundraise for political campaigns is very popular today. In this study we investigate the effect of the digital divide on web based political campaigns. Using US Census data we conclude that using the Internet in campaigns works the best for target groups who have the level of access to the Internet that is needed in order to participate in the interactivity that enhances such campaigns. We identify segments of the population that would be impacted the most by such campaigns and suggest that candidates with issues that target groups that are severely digitally challenged would do better by using more conventional media such as print, television and radio, which have less skewed diffusion patterns in the population.","PeriodicalId":193943,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems: Behavioral & Social Methods","volume":"107 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125609612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Co-Evolution and Emergence of Integrated International Financial Networks and Social Networks: Theory, Analysis, and Computations","authors":"A. Nagurney, Jose M. Cruz, T. Wakolbinger","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.577501","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.577501","url":null,"abstract":"Globalization and technological advances have made major impacts on financial services in recent years and have allowed for the emergence of electronic finance. Indeed, the financial landscape has been transformed through increased financial integration, increased cross border mergers, and lower barriers between markets. In addition, boundaries between different financial intermediaries have become less clear (cf. Claessens, Glaessner, and Klingebiel (2000, 2001), Claessens (2003), Claessens et al. (2003), G-10 (2001)).","PeriodicalId":193943,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems: Behavioral & Social Methods","volume":"201 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133270501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chargeback Systems and User Involvement in Information Systems","authors":"M. Olson, B. Ives","doi":"10.2307/249282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/249282","url":null,"abstract":"Computer chargeback systems are installed to meet various data processing objectives. One objective is to increase user involvement in decisions regarding information systems development and use. Presumably, increasing user involvement will result in more effective information systems. \u0000 \u0000In a field study the authors examine the relationship between various characteristics of a computer chargeback system, the quality of the chargeback system's interface, user involvement, and user attitudes about information systems services. Suggestions are given both for the practicing information systems manager and for future information systems researchers.","PeriodicalId":193943,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems: Behavioral & Social Methods","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132495469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Third Generation Knowledge Management Systems: Towards an Augmented Technology Acceptance Model","authors":"Kai Dingel, Sarah Spiekermann","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1346872","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1346872","url":null,"abstract":"The paper examines the applicability and sufficiency of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) in the context of social software and newer generation knowledge management systems (KMS). A reinterpretation of the two TAM constructs \"Perceived Usefulness\" and \"Perceived Ease of Use\" in light of expectancy-valence theory reveals that the TAM predominantly focuses on performance expectations on different behavioral levels and, thus, fails to account for the entire range of drivers and barriers related to KMS usage.","PeriodicalId":193943,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems: Behavioral & Social Methods","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122732183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}