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Innovation Diffusion with Network Effects and Bandwagon Effects Based on Complex Networks [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Network effects and bandwagon effects are both well-known in the study of innovation diffusion. However, their influences on the individual adoption behavior are not the same.
Zhou, Qiping, Yang, Fang
core  

Social Media And Credibility Indicator: The Effects Of Bandwagon And Identity Cues Within Online Health And Risk Contexts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Three studies were conducted to investigate how social media affordances influence individuals’ source credibility perceptions in risk situations. The MAIN model (Sundar, 2008), warranting theory (Walther & Parks, 2002), and signaling theory (Donath ...
Lin, Xialing
core   +1 more source

Conceptualizing a Model of Status Consumption Theory: An Exploration of the Antecedents and Consequences of the Motivation to Consume for Status

open access: yesMarketing Management Journal, 2015
This paper examines the various motivations for consuming status products and proposes a conceptual model of status consumption that incorporates these differing motivations.
JACQUELINE K. EASTMAN, KEVIN L. EASTMAN
doaj   +1 more source

Greenwashing in the Spotlight: Synthesising Evidence on Unethical Environmental Claims and Future Pathways

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms are experiencing mounting pressure to report their environmental impact. Rather than disclosing their actual performance, however, some are engaging in unethical business (i.e., greenwashing) practices. Prior studies have contributed significantly to the greenwashing literature from varied perspectives, but a comprehensive understanding ...
Sher Jahan Khan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Performing history, negotiating patriarchy: Actressing as gendered labor and the fragmentation of womanhood in Chinese historical costume drama

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract Gender inequality remains widespread in the film and television production industry, yet it is seldom examined in relation to backstage working environments. This article integrates on‐screen and off‐screen perspectives to investigate the working lives of Chinese actresses.
Yajie Li, Yuhao Ding
wiley   +1 more source

Digital surveillance of animals and nature recovery

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Digital surveillance technologies (DSTs) are widely applied in nature recovery for their potential to generate novel data on species and ecosystems through digital tracking, automation (e.g. from hazardous locations) and from newly recruited citizen scientists.
William M. Adams
wiley   +1 more source

What Is the Return on Investment of Digital Engineering for Complex Systems Development Schedules? Findings From a Mixed‐Methods Case Study on the Post‐Production Design Change Processes of Navy Assets

open access: yesSystems Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Complex engineered systems routinely face schedule and cost overruns, along with poor post‐deployment performance. Both INCOSE and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) have championed Digital Engineering (DE) as a potential remedy, yet most of DE's purported benefits remain anecdotal, and its return on investment (ROI) remains poorly ...
Jannatul Shefa, Taylan G. Topcu
wiley   +1 more source

Recomposing Management Education Under Climate Crisis: Towards a Composting Heuristic for Epistemic Change

open access: yesBritish Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract Management learning and education (MLE) is increasingly critiqued for its reliance on anthropocentric and profit‐maximization paradigms, which fail to adequately address the escalating ecological and climate crises. In this article, we call for an epistemic shift in MLE by introducing the metaphor of composting as a lens for collective ...
Ling Li   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Directional Peer Effects in Technology Adoption: Influence of Farmer Interactions in Sustaining Rice Production in Thailand

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) practices in Thailand are driven by directional social peer exposure and physical proximity. Analysing survey data from 1363 rice‐producing households across Thailand's Central and Northeastern regions, we construct a directed social network based on self‐reported information ...
Boyeong Park   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The 1% Rule in Four Digital Health Social Networks: An Observational Study

open access: yesJournal of Medical Internet Research, 2014
BackgroundIn recent years, cyberculture has informally reported a phenomenon named the 1% rule, or 90-9-1 principle, which seeks to explain participatory patterns and network effects within Internet communities. The rule states that 90% of actors observe
van Mierlo, Trevor
doaj   +1 more source

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