The paper analysis the role of the Internet for different types of innovation not only focusing on the traditional set of product, process, organizational and marketing innovation, but also extending to innovation in the public sector. In addition to the role of the Internet for various types of innovations, it has also implications for new forms of innovation, especially for the new paradigm o...

In the 1970s, some people believed in using computers for making almost any information available to anyone and for supporting information exchange and discussions regardless of geographical distances. These ideas were, at that time, novel and revolutionary. Some people regarded these ideas as dangerous; for example, the Swedish Data Inspection Board (Datainspektionen) forbade people from stori...

We report a study of a collaborative human-robot system composed of a science team (located in Pittsburgh), an engineering team (located in Chile), and a rover (located in Chile). The project was intended to be analogous to and inform planetary exploration. We performed observations simultaneously at both sites over two weeks as scientists collected data using the rover. We observed problems in...

The ubiquitous availability of broadband Internet connectivity at home is driving the use of the Internet for entertainment and other forms of recreation. Paving the way for many demanding multimedia applications over IP, it has accelerated the emergence of new ideas for network-centric collaborative work that was impossible only a few years ago for both technical and economic reasons. Among ma...

Coordinating software tasks across geographic locations is difficult because of factors like: limited opportunities for interaction, lack of contextual references, and leaner communication media. Team cognition research suggests that team knowledge helps members coordinate because they can anticipate task issues more accurately, communicate more efficiently and find expertise within the team, a...

This paper presents an overview of the field of distributed development of software systems and applications (DD). Based on an analysis of the published literature, including its use in different industrial contexts, we provide a preliminary analysis that structures existing DD knowledge, indicating opportunities but identifying threats to communication, coordination, and control caused by temp...

Samples of phytobenthos were collected during three different seasons in 2005 along a linear transect of a lowland peat bog at various spatial scales (10 cm, 1 m, 10 m) to investigate the seasonal dynamics, diversity, and factors influencing the spatial patterns of microalgal communities. Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS), similarity percentage (SIMPER) analyses, ANOSIM, Mantel tests a...

A mobile area network is one of the large networks that are spread in large geographical area. In a Mobile Network, the transmission between two nodes is done by the help of intermediate nodes. Each Node has a specific coverage area to provide the reliable communication. But as the distance between two neighboring nodes increases it gives the packet loss. In same way in Indoor areas the nodes c...