The impact of the web and social networks on vaccination. New challenges and opportunities offered to fight against vaccine hesitancy

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 117-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.-P. Stahl ◽  
R. Cohen ◽  
F. Denis ◽  
J. Gaudelus ◽  
A. Martinot ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Vaccine Hesitancy ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Web

Examination of Effects of Competitive Strategies on the E-Commerce Companies in Terms of Achieving Sustainable Competitive Advantage

2021 ◽  
pp. 1419-1451
Author(s):  
Zafer Adiguzel
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Smart Phones ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Competitive Strategies ◽  
Environmental Threats ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Web

E-commerce brings companies and customers together in an exchange market environment, beyond any physical, cultural, and legal boundaries, and on an unimaginable scale, which was considered to be technically impossible before. The companies' online facilities have been improved and become accessible to everyone through smart phones, tablets, etc. as the web pages and social networks started to direct individuals towards e-commerce. E-commerce not only raises economic concerns related to competition and pricing, but also reveals new social and environmental threats that can be quite widespread and viral. Several studies have been conducted to examine the transformation of traditional business models into e-businesses, the impact of e-commerce businesses on traditional business activities, or opportunities brought by technological innovations. For this reason, the effects of the competitive strategies will be explained in terms of ensuring sustainable competitive advantage within e-commerce companies.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Digital Marketing in the Challenging Age: An Empirical Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 69-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Afrina Yasmin ◽  
Sadia Tasneem ◽  
Kaniz Fatema
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Electronic Media ◽  
Digital Marketing ◽  
Statistical Tools ◽  
Marketing Effectiveness ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Tools And Techniques ◽  
The Impact

Marketers are faced with new challenges and opportunities within this digital age. Digital marketing is the utilization of electronic media by the marketers to promote the products or services into the market. The main objective of digital marketing is attracting customers and allowing them to interact with the brand through digital media. This article focuses on the importance of digital marketing for both marketers and consumers. We examine the effect of digital marketing on the firms’ sales. Additionally the differences between traditional marketing and digital marketing in this paper are presented. This study has described various forms of digital marketing, effectiveness of it and the impact it has on firm’s sales. The examined sample consists of one hundred fifty firms and fifty executives which have been randomly selected to prove the effectiveness of digital marketing. Collected data has been analyzed with the help of various statistical tools and techniques.

The Impact of Web 2.0 on E-Commerce Adoption and Use by Tourism Businesses – Can SMMEs Play the Trick?

2018 ◽  
pp. 1069-1093
Author(s):  
Pardon Blessings Maoneke ◽  
Naomi Isabirye
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
It Adoption ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The Subject ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
The Impact

The subject of Information Technology (IT) adoption and use has been going on for some time (Jeyaraj & Sabherwal, 2008). In particular, to electronic commerce (e-Commerce) adoption and use, the invention of Web 2.0 presents new technological features for potential and current e-Commerce adopters as well as new challenges. With Web 2.0, customers' perceptions, preferences and decisions are not only based on information presented on e-Commerce websites, but are also influenced by content generated by people on social networks and interactive e-Commerce websites. This poses the following question: how can Small, Medium and Micro-Sized Enterprises in the tourism sector (tourism SMMEs) keep up with these technological advancements given their limited resources? Accordingly, this book chapter proposes a framework that shows challenges and incentives (critical success factors) of e-Commerce, identifies e-Commerce platforms tourism SMMEs should adopt in order to maximise benefits and outlines what tourism SMMEs should expect from their e-Commerce platforms.

scholarly journals Borderless with Unequal Opportunity? Experts’ Perspectives on the ASEAN Economic Community and Impact on Indonesian Accountant Profession

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Desi Adhariani ◽  
Sylvia Siregar ◽  
Rini Yulius
Keyword(s):  
Regional Integration ◽  
Economic Community ◽  
Class Differences ◽  
Management Accountants ◽  
Class Stratification ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Asean Economic Community ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Depth Interviews

The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), a regional integration in Southeast Asia that started at the end of 2015 and is expected to bring new challenges and opportunities. However, an assessment of the capabilities of Indonesian management accountants suggests that they may struggle with challenges because of the free flow of skilled labour. In this study, we aimed at presenting and analysing Indonesian experts’ perspectives on the readiness of management accounting professionals in Indonesia to work in the new economic era. It also provides recommendations for improvements in the profession. This research uses in-depth interviews as well as questionnaires distributed to top-level management; some of the participants are also working as academics in universities. This study found that class differences as theorised by Weber play significant roles in determining readiness. These differences could be attributed to the perceived qualities of universities in Indonesia, implying that management accountants from more reputable universities are more prepared than those from less prestigious institutions. The demand side analysis performed in this study implies the expectation gaps in skills and education due to the class stratification as a barrier. The gap found in this study has to be filled to optimise the open chances offered by AEC to the profession of accounting in Indonesia. Although this is not the first research about the impact of ASEAN Economic Community to a specific profession, the study has an original value of addressing such impact on the management accountant profession in Indonesia.

Examination of Effects of Competitive Strategies on the E-Commerce Companies in Terms of Achieving Sustainable Competitive Advantage

2020 ◽  
pp. 287-319
Author(s):  
Zafer Adiguzel
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Smart Phones ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Competitive Strategies ◽  
Environmental Threats ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Web

E-commerce brings companies and customers together in an exchange market environment, beyond any physical, cultural, and legal boundaries, and on an unimaginable scale, which was considered to be technically impossible before. The companies' online facilities have been improved and become accessible to everyone through smart phones, tablets, etc. as the web pages and social networks started to direct individuals towards e-commerce. E-commerce not only raises economic concerns related to competition and pricing, but also reveals new social and environmental threats that can be quite widespread and viral. Several studies have been conducted to examine the transformation of traditional business models into e-businesses, the impact of e-commerce businesses on traditional business activities, or opportunities brought by technological innovations. For this reason, the effects of the competitive strategies will be explained in terms of ensuring sustainable competitive advantage within e-commerce companies.

scholarly journals COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality in Social Networks: Does It Influence Vaccine Hesitancy?

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (18) ◽  
pp. 9448
Author(s):  
Jagdish Khubchandani ◽  
Sushil Sharma ◽  
James H. Price ◽  
Michael J. Wiblishauser ◽  
Fern J. Webb
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Vaccine Hesitancy ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Vaccination Hesitancy ◽  
Do So

The impact of COVID-19 morbidity and mortality among family and friends on vaccination preferences is not well explored. A valid and reliable questionnaire was deployed online via mTurk to recruit a national random sample of adult Americans to understand COVID-19 vaccination preferences and its relationship with COVID-19 infection in social networks. A total of 1602 individuals participated in the study where the majority had taken at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine (79%) and almost a tenth were planning to do so (10%) or did not want to take the vaccine (11%). Compared to those who knew family members or friends affected by COVID-19, those who did not know anyone infected with (AOR = 3.20), hospitalized for (AOR = 3.60), or died of COVID-19 (AOR = 2.97) had statistically significantly higher odds of refusing the vaccines. Most strategies for reducing COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy focus on highlighting the benefits of COVID-19 vaccines. We suggest that the dangers of not getting the vaccine should also be emphasized as many people who do not know someone who was affected with COVID-19 are also hesitant towards vaccination. These individuals may not fully appreciate the morbidity and mortality impact of COVID-19 infections and the messaging can be tailored to highlight the risk of not having vaccines.

The Impact of Web 2.0 on E-Commerce Adoption and Use by Tourism Businesses – Can SMMEs Play the Trick?

2017 ◽  
pp. 169-192
Author(s):  
Pardon Blessings Maoneke ◽  
Naomi Isabirye
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
It Adoption ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The Subject ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
The Impact

The subject of Information Technology (IT) adoption and use has been going on for some time (Jeyaraj & Sabherwal, 2008). In particular, to electronic commerce (e-Commerce) adoption and use, the invention of Web 2.0 presents new technological features for potential and current e-Commerce adopters as well as new challenges. With Web 2.0, customers' perceptions, preferences and decisions are not only based on information presented on e-Commerce websites, but are also influenced by content generated by people on social networks and interactive e-Commerce websites. This poses the following question: how can Small, Medium and Micro-Sized Enterprises in the tourism sector (tourism SMMEs) keep up with these technological advancements given their limited resources? Accordingly, this book chapter proposes a framework that shows challenges and incentives (critical success factors) of e-Commerce, identifies e-Commerce platforms tourism SMMEs should adopt in order to maximise benefits and outlines what tourism SMMEs should expect from their e-Commerce platforms.

Impacts of a Flat World on Engineering Education

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-34
Author(s):  
Alypios Chatziioanou
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Lower Cost ◽  
Industrial Growth ◽  
Critical View ◽  
Industrialized Nations ◽  
The World ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Engineering Services ◽  
The Web

This paper discusses the changes to engineering education introduced through the accelerated engineering-related industrial growth in Asian and other developing countries. While the demand for engineering services is increasing, these nations educate a large number of engineers themselves and many are providing lower-cost alternatives for engineering services in industrialized nations. This phenomenon is already influencing some specialities more than others. Major changes are in evidence in the fields of computer science and software engineering, which in many cases are not location-dependent and for which product development can be done via the Web. Other disciplines are expected to follow as the world becomes, as Friedman (2005) puts it, more ‘flat’. The paper discusses the implications for engineering education as a whole and examines the strategic moves that institutions in the industrialized nations may be required to make. In this context, the author presents a critical view of education being totally dependent on industry and economic demands. As in a previous paper (Chatziianou and Sullivan, 2001), and in view of recent reactions of the educational community to the Bologna Declaration, he also examines the debate on the more general societal role and responsibility of education in a ‘flat world’. The portability of information and services and the need for consistent standards add new challenges and opportunities for these ‘additional’ educational tasks.

scholarly journals GIG-ECONOMY AND UNIVERSITIES: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

2020 ◽  
pp. 121-133
Author(s):  
Анна Александровна Муравьева ◽  
Ольга Николаевна Олейникова
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Education System ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
Education Standards ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Gig Economy ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
The Impact

Рассмотрены вопросы изменений в различных подсистемах общества под влиянием гигономики с возможными ответами на новые вызовы со стороны системы высшего образования с точки зрения формирования актуальных для гигономики компетенций у различных целевых групп. Предложены возможные пути совершенствования образовательных программ и программ дополнительного профессионального образования (ДПО) для обеспечения их целевой ориентации на формирование умений для гигономики. Научная новизна заключается в целенаправленном рассмотрении парадигмы гигономики с позиций компетенций участвующих в них субъектов, способов формирования и поддержания этих компетенций. Практическая значимость основных положений и выводов состоит в возможности их использования для модернизации образовательных программ и ФГОСов высшего образования, программ профессионального развития для методистов и администрации вузов. The article looks into changes observed in different societal subsystems that occur under the impact of the expanding gig-economy. Special accent is laid on possible responses to the new challenges on the part of the higher education system in the context of fostering skills relevant for the gig-economy and diverse involved target groups. Possible ways are proposed to enhance higher education programmes and professional development courses to gear them towards the needs of the gig-economy. The novelty is ensured by the targeted examination of the gig-economy paradigm from the perspective of competences of its actors and by the proposal of ways to form and support the relevance of these competences. The practical value is in the possibility to use the materials and conclusions of the article for the enhancement of higher education curricula and of the Federal Higher Education Standards, and professional; development courses for university methodologists and administrators.

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