Market influencers for ICT advancement in small states – a comparative analysis

Larios-Hernández, Guillermo J.; Reyes-Mercado, Pável

doi:10.1080/02681102.2018.1446412

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“…There are several advantages of using QCA over regression (Fiss et al , 2013; Ragin, 2008), yet only a paucity of studies in the IT and development literature (Delgosha et al , 2020; Larios-Hernández and Reyes-Mercado, 2018) use this method. Therefore, this paper intends to present a potentially useful method for researchers working in the areas of ICT and development that allows causal complexity to be studied on a small sample.…”

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ICT-enabled organisational flexibility to support sustainable growth in Europe amidst a pandemic

Slabe‐Erker

Primc

2021

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Purpose Information and communications technology (ICT) is helping to create a sustainable information society and foster development. This study aims to investigate the interdependencies of organisational flexibility enabled by ICT, demographics and containment measures in the ever more dismal economic performances seen during COVID-19 with a view to preparing socio-economic systems for similar future shocks. Design/methodology/approach Using non-classical fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis, the authors are able to capture the asymmetric relationships and complexities found in real life. Findings Analysing data acquired from the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker and Eurostat, the authors find these conditions give mixed results depending on how they are combined. The results imply that countries under strict containment measures might only be able to survive when fully equipped with ICT solutions. E-commerce also plays an important role in countries with a below-average decrease in their growth rate. Put differently, the presence and absence of telework produces mixed results. If the population is old, telework seems to generate the desired outcomes. Yet, when the population is young, it might be more beneficial to avoid this practice. Originality/value Unlike studies that mainly assumed symmetrical effects and linear relationships, this study investigates the interdependencies of organisational and macro-level factors. On the micro level, this study is useful for managers allocating IT investments for any future occurrence of a general disaster/pandemic. On the macro level, the study can act as an example for the rest of the world regarding the appropriateness of assorted COVID-19 pandemic responses as witnessed in European countries.

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ICT-enabled organisational flexibility to support sustainable growth in Europe amidst a pandemic

Slabe‐Erker

Primc

2021

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“…Usually, there was little or no direct discussion or explicit referral to the theoretical underpinnings of platforms in relation to their core characteristics such as ecosystems, network effects, governance or ecosystems, with few exceptions (e.g., Ly & Mason, 2012;Schreieck et al, 2017). Some of the publications concentrated on aspects that were only partially linked to the platforms themselves, such as online medical services, citizen engagement or market influencers for ICT (e.g., Guo et al, 2018;Hussain & Mostafa, 2016;Larios-Hernández & Reyes-Mercado, 2018). The term platform often seemed to be largely taken as given without explicit definitions.…”

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Digital platforms for development: Foundations and research agenda

Bonina

Koskinen

Eaton

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Information Systems Journal

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Digital platforms hold a central position in today's world economy and are said to offer a great potential for the economies and societies in the global South. Yet, to date, the scholarly literature on digital platforms has largely concentrated on business while their developmental implications remain understudied. In part, this is because digital platforms are a challenging research object due to their lack of conceptual definition, their spread across different regions and industries, and their intertwined nature with institutions, actors and digital technologies. The purpose of this article is to contribute to the ongoing debate in information systems and ICT4D research to understand what digital platforms mean for development. To do so, we first define what digital platforms are and differentiate between transaction and innovation platforms, and explain their key characteristics in terms of purpose, research foundations, material properties and business models. We add the socio-technical context digital platforms operate and the linkages to developmental outcomes. We then conduct an extensive review to explore what current areas, developmental goals, tensions and issues emerge in the literature on platforms and development and identify relevant gaps in our knowledge. We later elaborate on six research questions to advance the studies on digital platforms for development: on indigenous innovation, digital platforms and institutions, on exacerbation of inequalities, on alternative

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“…In recent years, influencers become more professional and skilled people due to the advantage of information and communication technology (ICT) and portable devices (Larios-Hernández & Reyes-Mercado, 2018). The new generation influencers can catch more attention depends on those performances, hence, enterprises will promote their commodities by influencers' reputation, attraction, and popularity (Magno & Cassia, 2018).…”

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The Study of Para-Social Interaction With E-Word-of-Mouth for Influencer Marketing by Complex Computing

Yuan

Yeh

et al. 2021

Journal of Organizational and End User Computing

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The purpose of this study was focused on exploring the relationship among the fans’ preferences, fans’ para-social interaction, and fans’ word-of-mouth. A survey consisted of 21 items based on the literature review and developed by this study. An online survey was distributed to the users of YouTube in Taiwan. A total of 606 valid samples was collected by survey. The instrument passed the reliability and validity test. Further, the data process applied the PLS (partial least squares) regression analysis methodology. The result shows that the ‘attractive’ impacted ‘para-social interaction’, ‘e-word-of-mouth’, and ‘preferences of fans’ positively. In addition, the para-social interaction plays an important role as a mediator between influencer’s attractiveness, w-word-of-mouth, and preferences of fans. Some suggestions were provided for social media influence’ related studies as reference.

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Market influencers for ICT advancement in small states – a comparative analysis

Cited by 5 publications

References 25 publications

ICT-enabled organisational flexibility to support sustainable growth in Europe amidst a pandemic

ICT-enabled organisational flexibility to support sustainable growth in Europe amidst a pandemic

Digital platforms for development: Foundations and research agenda

The Study of Para-Social Interaction With E-Word-of-Mouth for Influencer Marketing by Complex Computing

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