Special Issue on IT Innovation in Emerging Economies

Rai, Sudhanshu; Harindranath, G.; Liebenau, Jonathan

doi:10.1057/jit.2013.24

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“…-Cryptocurrencies and the token economy (Avital, 2018;Currie and Seddon, 2021;Rossi et al, 2019) How will the existence of parallel metaverses impact on the economy? -Impacts of technology phenomena on the economy (Alaimo et al, 2020;Monk, 1993;Rai et al, 2013;Xiao et al, 2013) How do current and future technological developments impact on the Metaverse economy?…”

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What is the Metaverse and who seeks to define it? Mapping the site of social construction

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2023

Journal of Information Technology

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The Metaverse has become a buzz-phrase among tech businesses. Facebook's rebranding to Meta is symptomatic of this. Many firms and other actors are trying to shape visions of the Metaverse, leading to confusion about the term's meaning. We use social construction of technology (SCOT) theory to disentangle the conflicting notions proposing that what the Metaverse is and will become relies on the collective sensemaking processes. We point out similarities and differences between various concepts presented in the public media and link them to individual actors' monetary, political, or social motives. We describe the tensions that occur because of the conflicting interests. As the Metaverse is an emerging phenomenon, opportunities exist to reorient it toward humanist values rather than singular interests. However, the complexity of the social processes that shape the Metaverse requires a considerate approach rather than premature conclusions about the Metaverse’s characteristics. The analysis presents the Metaverse as a new, continually evolving sociotechnical phenomenon, and calls for research that explores it as a dynamic, moving target.

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What is the Metaverse and who seeks to define it? Mapping the site of social construction

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2023

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Inovação no mercado de baixa renda: um estudo com base na produção simbólica e reprodução cultural

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The paper analyzes the interaction between symbolic production and cultural reproduction in low-income consumers market, affecting the attitudes towards the innovation adoption. This effect influences purchase decision regarding the characteristic of innovation intensity. The theoretical background involves: first, culture and consumption are represented by symbolic production and cultural reproduction, second, the innovation adoption that is categorized into early and late, third, the innovation intensity that is categorized into radical and incremental. A total of 390 low-income consumers were surveyed and the data was analyzed using the Structural Equation Modeling. The results show that early adopters prefer radical innovations instead of the incremental one, favoring those products that have higher sophistication and technology. On the other hand, late adopters prefer incremental innovations, because they are more cautious and uncertain about the risks that innovation can cause.

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Special Issue on IT Innovation in Emerging Economies

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What is the Metaverse and who seeks to define it? Mapping the site of social construction

What is the Metaverse and who seeks to define it? Mapping the site of social construction

Inovação no mercado de baixa renda: um estudo com base na produção simbólica e reprodução cultural

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