Recently, mobile applications have offered users the option to share their location information with friends. Using data from a major location-based social networking application in China (a Foursquare-like application), we estimate a structural model of restaurant discovery and observational learning. The unique feature of repeated customer visits in the data allows us to examine observational...

Social Virtual Worlds (SVW) on the Internet have become increasingly popular during the last decade. Despite their increasing usage, business potential and societal impact, limited prior research has focused on understanding the factors that drive users to participate in SVWs. Thus far research has investigated the utilitarian and hedonic outcomes derived from SVW usage, but the literature offe...

Ridesharing can save energy, reduce pollution, and alleviate congestion. Ridesharing systems allow peer-to-peer ride matching through mobile-phone applications. In many systems people have liŠle information about the driver and co-riders. Trust heavily inƒuences the usage of a ridesharing system, however, work in this area is limited. In this paper, we investigate the role of social media in sh...

Recent work within psychology demonstrates that unconscious cognition plays a central role in the judgments and actions of individuals. We distinguish between two basic types unconscious social cognition: unconsciousness of the influences on judgments and actions, and unconscious of the mental states (i.e., attitudes and feelings) that give rise to judgments and actions. Influence unconsciousne...

Resonance is one of the most prominent characteristics of human speech. Problems affecting nasal resonance are widely reported in speech pathologies, causing severe perturbations in subjects speech intelligibility. Nasal resonance values can be obtained through different instrumental methods, however, the nasometer proved to be an indirect and objective assessment instrument which results have ...

The work presented here is part of a research project to develop decision-support software for case managers in the Kentucky social welfare system. Welfare case managers help their clients plan participation in activities such as volunteer work, job readiness programs, substance abuse counselling, or study in high school or college, for example. The case manager’s advice is guided by her percep...