In this presentation we address the challenges facing new media service providers in offering value to the consumer. More specifically, we outline a framework for business modeling known as VISOR and adapt some ideas from the field (such as Value Nets) in order to investigate the digital media...

The organisation of knowledge for exploitation and re-use in the modern enterprise is often a most perplexing challenge. The entire knowledge management life-cycle (for example - create, capture, organize, store, search, and transfer) is impacted by the organisation of intellectual capital into...

This study investigates the contribution of electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) to the sales of music albums. We conducted an empirical investigation of twenty-two music albums for a period of eleven consecutive weeks. eWOM was identified as an uncertainty-reducing element in consumer...

This article presents an enlightened and egalitarian framework that evaluates the impact of universities in the infrastructure, governance, talent and culture dimensions of enlightened, neo-humanist and knowledge societies. We will expound the above stated role of a university by first...

It has been reported that outsourcing specialist knowledge work can enable business excellence by enhancing business competitiveness, economic value added service, quality, and market branding. Much of this may be supported by seamless technical communication flows between the vendors and...

Purpose - This paper aims to study the economic significance of using a blended business and knowledge strategy through the lens of conventional financial management before and after the implementation of KM initiatives in a knowledge-intensive, high-growth firm that had gone through business...

The rollout of 3rd Generation (3G) mobile services in Europe and Japan are at a crossroads with less than sterling subscriber take-up, network performance and service innovation. What do these lessons hold for Asia? This article tracks the market movements in the inevitable rollout of 3G mobile...

Interest in business modeling of technology enterprises – the activity of designing the architecture for revenues, costs, products and/or services delivery and the overall value of an enterprise – has risen to prominence with the global crossing of the Internet chasm. However, as several...

Purpose - The research reported in this on-going study investigates the notion of knowledge assets developed within digital communities in the course of their economic or leisure activities. Ideally, the resulting knowledge is universal, affordable and relevant; this inclusiveness is a hallmark...

Knowledge has become a vital commodity to countries, businesses and individuals in the 21st century - age of the Knowledge-Based Economies (KBE). Tangible evidence suggests that knowledge and information are capable of helping nations to achieve developmental goals. This paper begins with an...