This paper is based on the fundamental claim that one of the major roles of new media is not to deliver predigested information to individuals, but to provide the opportunity and resources for social debate and discussion. For most design problems (ranging from urban design to graphics design and software design) that we have studied over many years, the knowledge to understand, frame, and solv...

This paper considers the interrelationship between innovation and the control of the supply-chain in consumer-driven industries. In particular the paper employs the concepts of Control and Innovation Networks as an analytical framework to examine the coordination of the supply-chain and inter-organisational collaboration. In-depth empirical evidence is provided by two cases industries: the UK s...

Intelligent technology solutions have revolutionized banking and enhanced the overall efficiency of financial institutions worldwide. As banks endeavor to evolve into comprehensive service hubs, this study examines impact intelligent on a sample Chinese analyzes trends over time based two vectors affecting (enterprise-side innovation consumer-side co-creation). The builds upon parameter non-fro...

OBJECTIVE Self-help agencies (SHAs) are consumer-operated service organizations managed as participatory democracies involving members in all management tasks. Hierarchically organized board- and staff-run consumer-operated service programs (BSR-COSPs) are consumer managed, but they afford members less decision-making power. This study considered the relative effectiveness of SHAs and BSR-COSPs...

Micro blog has become an important platform of consumer-company interaction to enhance brand loyalty. A relational model is proposed to study the influence of company micro blog interaction on customer micro blog stickiness and brand loyally, based on use and gratification theory, organization support theory and union participation theory. Results show that company interaction tactics include t...

The importance of infrastructure for growth is well established in the macroeconomic literature. Previous research has treated public investment in infrastructure as exogenous. We remedy this shortcoming by providing a political economy analysis of infrastructure choice based upon consumer preferences derived from spatial competition models. In this setting, infrastructure investment has two po...