Lately, a new trend has specially outreached on the Information Society that of Social Computing. Starting from a citizen-focused model of health seamless provision of services, this paper analyses some current Web 2.0 initiatives on the Health sector. These opportunities would not be fully...

Die Aufwendungen für Online-Werbung sind in den vergangenen Jahren rasant gewachsen. Ihr Anteil am gesamten deutschen Werbemarkt lag 2007 bei sieben Prozent und die Tendenz zeigt weiter steil nach oben. Der Versuch von Microsoft, den weltweit zweitgrößten Suchmaschinenbetreiber, Yahoo, zu...

Die Autoren analysieren, ob ein Social Media Newsroom eine Alternative zur herkömmlichen Pressemitteilungen via Email in der Luxusbranche ist. Ausgehend vom Intereffikationsmodell wird aufgezeigt, dass Journalismus und PR in einer Wechselbeziehung der gegenseitigen Einflussnahme stehen. Via...

Die vorliegende Studie befasst sich mit dem Einsatz von digitalen Medien in B2B-Beschaffungsprozessen im deutschen Markt. Dieser wird in der existierenden Literatur nur unzureichend erfasst. Zum einen wird die Vielfalt digitaler Medien nicht berücksichtigt. Zum anderen werden die Heterogenität...

We investigate the evolution of online ratings over time and sequence. We first establish that there exist two distinct dynamic processes, one as a function of the amount of time a book has been available for review and another as a function of the sequence of reviews themselves. We find that,...

Whereas recent research has demonstrated the impact of online product ratings and reviews on product sales, we still have a limited understanding of the individual's decision to contribute these opinions. In this research, we empirically model the individual's decision to provide a product...

The article considers main issues of organisation of Internet marketing at small and medium enterprises of Ukraine, shows a necessity of development and marketing support of the site and provides recommendations on development, implementation and maintenance of corporate sites for marketing and...

Marketing aspects of the Internet can be examined through a great number of researches on marketing practices conducted via the Internet. A number of authors consider the Internet as new marketplace (marketspace), where the exchange of both traditional and new values (i.e. digital products and...

Extensive usage of the Internet as a marketing tool began approximately fifteen years ago, resulting in the development of the Internet marketing as a distinctive field within marketing theory and practice. Since then, the Internet usage and its technological properties have evolved...

Worldwide, some 1.32 billon people now use the Internet (Internet World Stats 2007). In the developed countries the Internet is also present in educational institutions; schools use the Internet as a means of communication with their customers. In Slovenia, however, research focusing on Internet...