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Internet routers are a commons. While modest regulatory measures have generally been successful for Information Communication Technologies (ICT), this paper argues that the lack of regulation has hindered the technological evolution of the Internet in some areas. This issue is examined through five Internet problems, and the technological solutions adopted. The key contribution of this paper is the...
We present the design and application of a generic approach for semantic extraction of professional interests from social media using a hierarchical knowledge-base and spreading activation theory. By this, we can assess to which extend a user's social media life reflects his or her professional life. Detecting named entities related to professional interests is conducted by a taxonomy of terms in...
The evolution of the Internet has manifested itself in many ways: the traffic characteristics, the interconnection topologies, and the business relationships among the autonomous components. It is important to understand why (and how) this evolution came about, and how the interplay of these dynamics may affect future evolution and services. We propose a network-aware, macroscopic model that captures...
This column discusses the evolution of networking standards, looking at the history of open standards and the evolution of the communities that designed the Internet, particularly in regards to Andrew Russell's book Open Standards and the Digital Age: History, Ideology, and Networks. In this book, the author weaves two scholarly stories into one—namely, the history of open standards and the evolution...
The sharing of durable goods in a dynamic ownership economy is attractive, since it has the potential to realize gains from trade via short-term transfers of usage rights. We develop a model in which a set of agents, who are heterogeneous in their likely need of a durable good, make purchase decisions and then have the option to participate in a sharing market contingent on a realized need. The agents'...
With the rapid popularization of the Internet, nowadays manufacturers are increasingly adopting a dual-channel to sell their products, i.e., The traditional retail channel and online direct channel. Empirical studies have shown that retailer's local advertising has significant effects on demand and pricing decision. However, there is scant literature addressing the decision on the local advertising...
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have been touted as means of increasing economic development by providing improvements in the lives of people where the use of technology leads to better livelihoods. Despite the high access and use of ICTs in the United States, high unemployment and poverty rates among Native Americans and African Americans continues to rise while deepening existing...
Although disclosure has long been considered as a solution to internalize externalities, mandatory security information disclosure is still in debate. We propose a mandatory disclosure mechanism based on existing data. The information is disclosed as straightforward rankings of organizations for users to understand, interpret, and make comparisons. As a result, the disclosure can influence organizations...
The Internet and mobile phones are rapidly diffusing throughout communities, and it is important to understand what people are actually doing with their access to these technologies. This study seeks to improve our understanding of the motivational factors and social and economic consequences of such use among the urban poor, which is examined through the Diffusion of Innovations Theory (DoI) and...
The emergence of e-commerce has brought about many benefits to a country's economy and individuals, but the openness of the Internet has given rise misuse of personal data. Several countries have enacted legislations and procedures to protect the information privacy of their citizens and corporations. However, many developing countries, such as Nigeria are yet to enact any procedures, despite the...
We evaluate joint caching and pricing strategies among access networks, transit networks and content providers in an Information Centric Network (ICN). Specifically, we develop game theoretic models to study the interaction between the caching and pricing strategies among the above entities in the ICN. We first study static Nash strategies under various conditions and observe that the ICNs always...
To study the basis and power source of the evolution of IOT (Internet of Things) industry chain, according to the synergy theory, a co-evolution dynamic model which is multivariable and nonlinear is established by using gray system modeling method. It is approved that telecom operator is the order parameter of IOT industry chain, leading and dominating the whole industry chain's evolution. Furthermore,...
The Internet provides the infrastructure to connect content providers (CPs) with their end-users. Thus, its role could be considered as a two-sided platform and its pricing scheme could be two-sided as well. Although the last-mile access ISPs used to only charge on a single side, i.e., the end-user side, they start thinking about charging CPs for accessing their users. This is similar to what telephony...
Technological change has always had a strong influence on the economy. In the case of the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), their incessant penetration has transformed traditional working places, such as the office. Although many white collar activities have survived given the enduring reliance on qualified staff with abundant skills and experience, they now seem at risk due the progressive...
Service businesses have recently been expanding and economic activities have focused on service value exchanges. The Internet has recently become a crucial infrastructure in our lives and the number of Internet information service companies has increased. They are recognized as being a new industry. Business relations are not simple value exchanges between clients and providers in this area of business...
Mobile technology is already playing an important role in the economic and social empowerment of rural communities in developing regions. However, rural areas often suffer from slow and unreliable network infrastructures. This limits access to content and services that may promote economic development. Focusing on under-served areas in rural developing regions, we aim to explore how ICT systems for...
The conception of contemporary science plainly supports the idea of e-science, and the qualitative aspects of both digital humanities and e-science and the search for new methods for extracting information and patterns from texts, hypertexts, images and networks reveals patterns of argumentation, rationality and irrationality that should be taken into consideration as part of the whole enterprise...
New Internet protocols such as ECN, re-ECN and Conex, provide valuable information to ISPs about the congestion within a network. Such information could be useful in allocating network resources more equitably, as well as to employ new pricing schemes. However, in designing a new protocol one must take proper account of the incentive issues that thereby arise for its adoption. In this paper, we consider...
The opportunity to transform relationships between clients and businesses with all levels of government through electronics channels (ICTs) is paramount to future economic growth and stability of any nation. To enable internal efficiency in Government, there is need to promote ICT in Governance by facilitating e-Government, which enhances transparency, efficiency, productivity and citizen engagement...
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