This paper takes stock of recent developments related to online consumer ratings and reviews and their effects on consumer behaviour. It provides an overview of key consumer benefits and risks associated with user-generated feedback, and identifies consumer policy challenges, including...

Computer and video games is a young industry with rapid growth underpinned by technological development. The global market in 2003 was over USD 21 billion compared with USD 32 billion for the recorded music industry. The main segments are off-line consoles and PCs; online and wireless games are...

Drawing on an expanding array of intelligent web services and applications, a growing number of people are creating, distributing and exploiting user-created content (UCC) and being part of the wider participative web. This study describes the rapid growth of UCC and its increasing role in...

Welchen Einfluss hat die digitale Revolution auf Führung? Dieses Buch bietet nicht nur einen Erklärungsansatz für das Phänomen "digitale Führung", sondern zeigt bspw. mit "Social Prototyping" einen Ansatz für eine neue Art zu führen. Digitale Führungskompetenz, Wissen über digitale...