This paper explores the use of Internet, including social networks, e-government services and e-commerce from the perspective of the digital divide. First, it aims to find out what factors explain the digital divide, considered as a multidimensional concept. Second, the article aims to identify...

He emergence & characteristics of virtual worlds -- The early worlds -- The adoption continuum -- The establishers -- The culture of virtual world users -- Adult user profiles and habits -- Teen user profiles and habits -- Kids & teen worlds -- The emergence of business within virtual worlds --...

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In recent years, there has been a vigorous discussion on digital platform due to their emerging significance in the digital ecosystem. Despite common interests in digital platform, the comprehensive literature review on the topic is still limited. In addition, no study has examined whether there...

The chapter aims to define and analyze the preconditions for attending to the global business social networks (BSNs) and to discover attitudes of business managers for participation in open-source business social networks (BSNs). The data for analysis are found by deep interview techniques...