Information Processing: A Critical Literature Review and Future Research Directions

2003 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham Spickett-Jones ◽  
Philip J. Kitchen
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Cognitive Mapping ◽  
Research Direction ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Attitudinal Change ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Cognitive Information Processing ◽  
Cognitive Information ◽  
Future Research Directions

This conceptual paper concerns information processing, and focuses on the methods and mechanisms used by marketers and academics in attempting to explore mental processes, particularly regarding perception and cognitive mapping in relation to marketing communications. The paper reviews the extensive literature in this domain, deriving information and models from a wide variety of disciplines including: cognitive information processing, attitudes and attitudinal change, elaboration and receiver involvement, sub-routines and sub-processors, semiotics, cognitive science and psycholinguistics. We conclude by suggesting that each of these disciplines has a role to play in terms of future research direction, and that the field of information processing still provides a rich and fertile basis for significant developments to take place.

scholarly journals Underactuated robotics: A review

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 172988141986216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin He ◽  
Shuai Wang ◽  
Yongjia Liu
Keyword(s):  
Control Method ◽  
Constraint Equation ◽  
Research Direction ◽  
Control Flow ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Control Input ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Loop Control ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Underactuated Robot

Underactuated robotics is an emerging research direction in the field of robotics. The control input of the underactuated robot is less than the degree of freedom of the system. It has the advantages of lightweight, low energy consumption, excellent performance, and broad development prospects. This article reviews the state of the art on underactuated robotics. On the basis of previous studies, this article takes the non-holonomic constraint equation as the entry point to classify and summarize underactuated robot and their common mechanisms. The controllability of underactuated robot is further discussed. The control flow of underactuated robot is described based on the open–closed control method. In the closed-loop control, the control method based on the fuzzy system is mainly used. Finally, the difficulties in the current research of underactuated robot are summarized, and the future research directions are prospected.

Agglomeration: Economic and Environmental Impacts

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 419-438
Author(s):  
JunJie Wu
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Economies ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Different Levels

Urbanization is taking place at an unprecedented pace and scale in China, India, and many other emerging economies. This will have profound impacts on the world economy and environment. This review provides a critical assessment of the current understanding of the intertwined relationships between agglomeration, economic growth, and environmental quality. We start by providing a brief overview of the extensive literature on the drivers of agglomeration and its economic impact. We then discuss the opposing views on the environmental impact of agglomeration and illustrate the trade-offs involved when choosing among different levels and forms of agglomeration. Finally, we discuss challenges for environmental management in a rapidly urbanizing economy and some lessons learned from history and experiences of urban development and their policy implications. The review concludes with a discussion of key knowledge gaps and future research directions.

scholarly journals The Journey of Business Opportunity Evaluation: When and Why Does Opportunity Novelty Promote Vs. Inhibit Opportunity Adoption?

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Lin ◽  
Yanan Lin ◽  
Song Lin
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Construal Level ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Business Opportunity ◽  
Processing Theory ◽  
Cognitive Information Processing ◽  
Cognitive Information ◽  
Adoption Decisions

As a typical characteristic of entrepreneurial opportunities, novelty is essential for firms to establish and maintain a sustainable competitive advantage under the current complex and dynamic business environment. However, why is it that some entrepreneurs adopt novel opportunities but others do not. Little is known about the precise nature of cognitive evaluation for opportunity novelty. Drawing upon information processing theory and construal level theory (CLT), we propose that the effects of opportunity novelty on adoption decisions depend on entrepreneurs' construal level through which information is processed. We design an experiment and find partial support for our hypotheses. Results indicate that entrepreneurs using a low-level construal perceive more risk for opportunity novelty, which in turn decreases the possibility of opportunity adoption. Meanwhile, opportunity novelty also positively influences entrepreneurs' creativity perception, which in turn increases the possibility of opportunity adoption. But construal level does not play any role in this evaluation path. Taken together, the findings improve our understanding of “how entrepreneurs evaluate an opportunity based on its objective characteristics” by providing empirical insights into the cognitive information processing process from opportunity novelty to adoption. Additionally, we discuss implications for entrepreneurial practice and future research.

Effective Brainstorming

2019 ◽  
pp. 285-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul B. Paulus ◽  
Jared B. Kenworthy
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Group Size ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Considerable Evidence ◽  
Electronic Brainstorming ◽  
Semantic Categories ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Future Research Directions

This chapter reviews the extensive literature on brainstorming to determine potential best practices. It presents the major theoretical perspectives and highlights their relationship to the various factors that influence the effectiveness of brainstorming. It examines the utility of verbal brainstorming, electronic brainstorming, and brainwriting for generation of creative ideas. It evaluates the effects of instructions, breaks, facilitators, training, tapping semantic categories, turnover, and group size. It also notes the gaps that exist in the literature and future research directions. It is clear that there is now considerable evidence to guide effective brainstorming and produce performances in groups that exceed those of comparable sets of solitary brainstormers.

Way Forward

2021 ◽  
pp. 201-211
Keyword(s):  
System Development ◽  
Research Direction ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Health Record ◽  
Future Research Direction ◽  
Record System ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Systems Implementation ◽  
Future Research Directions

Chapter 13 addressed a particular future research direction on the issue of porting of the BACIS program onto a pre-existing electronic health record system, the system ported onto being the OpenMRS system. In Chapter 14, other future research directions are considered, which are about topics that need to be considered in taking implementation of the BACIS program forward, as well as other topics that arose from the study. Five future research directions are considered. These are the issue of sustainability of e-health systems implementation, the issue of the CDSS road map, the issue of non-utilisation of health services, the issue of equity in implementation of e-health, and lastly, the issue of use of mathematical modeling in system development.

Bank Branch Efficiency with DEA

2015 ◽  
pp. 626-667 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Hasan Eken ◽  
Süleyman Kale
Keyword(s):  
Future Research ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Literature Analysis ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Bank Branches ◽  
Improvement Strategies ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Different Dimensions

In this chapter, the extent of inefficiency of bank branches in different dimensions is evaluated with slack-based model of data envelopment analysis. Each efficiency dimension reveals the strengths, weaknesses, and improvement capabilities of branches. Multi-dimensional comparison enables the determination of the overall characteristics and the choice of the improvement strategies accordingly. An extensive literature analysis of bank branches and future research directions is also presented.

Twenty-five years’ contribution of “Benchmarking: an International Journal” to manufacturing strategy: a scientometric review

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (10) ◽  
pp. 2887-2908 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vishwas Dohale ◽  
Angappa Gunasekaran ◽  
Milind M. Akarte ◽  
Priyanka Verma
Keyword(s):  
Research Direction ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Manufacturing Strategy ◽  
Research Gaps ◽  
Exclusion Criteria ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Review Study ◽  
Research Type

PurposeThis study aims at reviewing the articles on the themes of manufacturing strategy (MS) published in “Benchmarking: An International Journal (BIJ)” and investigating the trends of publication for future research.Design/methodology/approachFive-stage methodology to conduct a literature review is adopted comprising: (1) article collection, (2) inclusion/exclusion criteria, (3) reviewing the articles, (4) analyzing the articles and (5) future research directions. A total of 57 articles specific to MS domain published in BIJ are reviewed. Further, a bibliometric analysis comprising keywords co-occurrence, citation and co-citation using a VOSviewer© software followed by content analysis to analyze the type of research, type of industry and type of tool/method used is carried out.FindingsThe study helps to find the scope of the journal and research gaps in the MS domain to provide future research directions. Most of the work found is survey-based or case-based in nature. However, there is a need for empirical research to be done in the field of MS.Research limitations/implicationsThe study facilitates researchers willing to publish in BIJ to understand different themes of accepted papers concerning MS domain. The identified research gaps and future research direction can motivate researchers and practitioners to coin new approaches in the MS domain.Originality/valueA comprehensive review and analysis of the MS literature published in BIJ has been provided. To the best of authors' knowledge, the current study is the only review study in MS domain focusing on one specific journal.

scholarly journals Pushing the (Visual) Narrative: the Effects of Prior Knowledge Elicitation in Provocative Topics

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Heyer ◽  
Nirmal Kumar Raveendranath ◽  
Khairi Reda
Keyword(s):  
Future Research ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
Visual Narrative ◽  
Attitudinal Change ◽  
Prior Beliefs ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
New Information ◽  
Textual Data ◽  
Data Representations ◽  
Future Research Directions

Narrative visualization is a popular style of data-driven storytelling. Authors use this medium to engage viewers with complex and sometimes controversial issues. A challenge for authors is to not only deliver new information, but to also overcome people’s biases and misconceptions. We study how people adjust their attitudes toward (or away from) a message experienced through a narrative visualization. In a mixed-methods analysis, we investigate whether eliciting participants’ prior beliefs, and visualizing those beliefs alongside actual data, can increase narrative persuasiveness. We find that incorporating priors does not significantly affect attitudinal change. However, participants who externalized their beliefs expressed greater surprise at the data. Their comments also indicated a greater likelihood of acquiring new information, despite the minimal change in attitude. Our results also extend prior findings, showing that visualizations are more persuasive than equivalent textual data representations for exposing con- tentious issues. We discuss the implications and outline future research directions.

scholarly journals Government-Controlled Firms: Recent Discussion and Future Research Direction

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wisnu Untoro
Keyword(s):  
Business Strategy ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Research Direction ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Recent Discussion ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Modern Business ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact

Studies on the existence and roles of government-controlled firms have moved forward along with the globalization and the advancement of technology. After many discussions on the performance difference between state and private firms and subsequently the impact of privatization, recent discussion is dominated by the implementation of corporate governance and modern business strategy. In this paper, I provide the recent literature and discussion on the existence, role and performance of government-controlled firms. Moreover, some future research directions are discussed

Application Threats to Exploit Northbound Interface Vulnerabilities in Software Defined Networks

2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-36
Author(s):  
Bilal Rauf ◽  
Haider Abbas ◽  
Muhammad Usman ◽  
Tanveer A. Zia ◽  
Waseem Iqbal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Third Party ◽  
Security Requirements ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Control Plane ◽  
Business Logic ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Software Bugs ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Resource Exhaustion

Software Defined Networking (SDN) is an evolving technology that decouples the control functionality from the underlying hardware managed by the control plane. The application plane supports programmers to develop numerous applications (such as networking, management, security, etc.) that can even be executed from remote locations. Northbound interface (NBI) bridges the control and application planes to execute the third-party applications business logic. Due to the software bugs in applications and existing vulnerabilities such as illegal function calling, resource exhaustion, lack of trust, and so on, NBIs are susceptible to different attacks. Based on the extensive literature review, we have identified that the researchers and academia have mainly focused on the security of the control plane, data plane, and southbound interface (SBI). NBI, in comparison, has received far less attention. In this article, the security of the least explored, but a critical component of the SDN architecture, i.e., NBI, is analyzed. The article provides a brief overview of SDN, followed by a detailed discussion on the categories of NBI, vulnerabilities of NBI, and threats posed by malicious applications to NBI. Efforts of the researchers to counter malicious applications and NBI issues are then discussed in detail. The standardization efforts for the single acceptable NBI and security requirements of SDN by Open Networking Foundation (ONF) are also presented. The article concludes with the future research directions for the security of a single acceptable NBI.

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