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Environmental risky firms require technical advances in order to provide sustainable approaches, but also to generate trust in their progress. We use the theory of reasoned action to propose that users of the corporate Web site build trusting beliefs regarding three characteristics of the firm - ability, integrity, and benevolence - which are relevant factors with regard to understanding their intention...
The number of participants in open source software (OSS) communities has increased. Not only volunteers participate, but also companies and their employees. The motivation of the participants vary from extrinsic to intrinsic values. Community-managed and sponsored OSS projects try to explore these motivations to attract and keep these participants. This paper analyses three different OSS projects:...
The number of virtual communities on Web 2.0 sites has been growing rapidly in recent years. This study selects 25 Social Network Sites (SNS) established in Taiwan as the targets. Through two in-depth interviews and a Focus Group Interview (FGI), a userspsila state transition diagram is developed and their corresponding transitional causes are also identified. A questionnaire is designed to collect...
This study explores the cause-and-effect between customer-based E-tail brand equity and web-market outcomes, and it is found that customer-based E-tail brand equity is the antecedent of web-market outcomes. Based on literature review and in-depth interviews, a research mode was developed. The model that can be used to evaluate native E-tail brand equity from both customerspsila perspective and market...
The expansion of information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure in the developing world has considerably increased opportunities for people to connect. Today, people can better maintain long-distance relationships as well as be better informed of how their family, close friends, and emotional partners are doing. As a result, many migrants use ICTs to maintain and strengthen ties to...
To truly succeed in our careers, we must go beyond just being accepted and knowing how to interface—we need people to like us and be willing to help us, and we need to build a successful network of professional contacts. To achieve these goals, we shouldn't outwardly appear to be aggressive, even if we're aggressive in our objective—rather, we should be generous and magnanimous. We must also have...
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