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Accelerating Platform User Growth: Pinduoduo's Multi‐Motivational Selfish Referral Strategy

open access: yesInformation Systems Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Referral strategies, whereby existing platform users recruit new users and thereby strengthen same‐side network effects, have long been central to digital platforms' efforts to grow the installed user base. Current referral strategies often require the referee to complete a transaction as a prerequisite for the referrer to receive the reward ...
Runyu Shi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Freeriding and Rebellion: An Investigation of Open Source Vendor Relicensing and Member Hard Forking Events

open access: yesInformation Systems Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Open source engagement is an ongoing effort in which members continuously interact with evolving project dynamics. Engagement extends beyond writing code or setting policy; it is a shared practice of understanding, negotiating, and adapting to the social and technical structures that define a project.
Dawn Foster, Matt Germonprez
wiley   +1 more source

Forming European Political Awareness and Facilitating Civic Engagement? Mainstream Europarties in Social Media

open access: yesJCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates how mainstream Europarties utilise social media to communicate with the public. According to EU law, Europarties are expected to strengthen the EU's legitimacy, mainly by fostering European political awareness and facilitating civic engagement.
Stefano Greco, Tapio Raunio
wiley   +1 more source

Eurocrats Wanted: Why Some Member States Lag in European Commission Recruitment

open access: yesJCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract The article investigates the underrepresentation of certain member states within the European Commission (EC) and explores the broader challenges of achieving geographical balance in European Union (EU) recruitment. Drawing on the theory of representative bureaucracy, the study systematises factors that shape the attractiveness of EU careers ...
Jarolím Antal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The EU's Digital Services Act: Not Walking the Talk

open access: yesJCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Is the European Union's (EU's) Digital Services Act (DSA) a bold reform of platform governance that needs to be scaled back? The EU's reputation for prioritising citizens' rights over companies' and market freedoms seems to suggest so. Recent criticism of EU digital policy from the United States is further fuelling this perception. However, an
Gerda Falkner
wiley   +1 more source

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