scholarly journals Foundation of the Digital Global Economy

2021 ◽  
pp. 46-53
Author(s):  
Bhavya Walia ◽  
Siddhant Saggar
Keyword(s):  
Search Engines ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Discussion Threads ◽  
Mere Existence

A medium to facilitate the exchange of value has been the sole necessity for the mere existence of currency. As the civilization moved from using metals, paper, and plastic to facilitate exchange, our requirements from a currency became refined. Some of those requirements were the prevention of counterfeiting and accountability. As the human civilization moves forward, the solution to some of the problems faced by us are discovered by humans. Cryptocurrency is a decentralized form of currency mined by computers by solving complex equations in exchange for a reward of the very same commodity. This article aims to study the major cryptocurrencies and the concept of blockchain, how they operate, how it will be affecting India, and what are the consequences of banning this form of currency. This research is carried out by evaluating white papers of Bitcoin and Ethereum (the two main cryptocurrencies of present time) along with research papers and news articles found with the help of search engines and online discussion threads.

scholarly journals Workforce Diversity: Boon or Bane to the Organisation

2019 ◽  
pp. 7-16
Author(s):  
Aiman Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Workforce Diversity ◽  
Critical Area ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Diverse Workforce ◽  
Hrm Practices ◽  
The People ◽  
Fast Pace ◽  
The Individual

Workforce diversity is a critical area of competence for any organisation. It is an important asset for every organisation that seeks competitive advantage in the global economy. With the change in needs at the fast pace, the association among the people from varied culture, background, beliefs etc. has increased substantially. Wambui et.al. state that HRM practices need to promote diversity for business to grow effectively. The paper discusses the various benefits of a having a diverse workforce along with the challenges linked to it (post #me too movement also). The study of various literature and research papers and books has been done which reveals that diversity is all about differences. The manner in which we analyse and use these differences will determine whether diversity is an asset or liability to the individual and the organization. Workforce diversity can prove to be a strong pillar to the organisation if managed appropriately. There is need to lead a diverse workforce that can give diverse benefits to the organisation.

Discovering genres of online discussion threads via text mining

2009 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 481-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fu-Ren Lin ◽  
Lu-Shih Hsieh ◽  
Fu-Tai Chuang
Keyword(s):  
Text Mining ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
Discussion Threads

scholarly journals Coronavirus and Halal Tourism and Hospitality Industry: Is It a Journey to the Unknown?

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 9260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hatem El-Gohary
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Travel Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
Short Time

Coronavirus (COVID-19) gained and will continue to gain a lot of global attention over the coming months (and maybe the coming few years). Since its outbreak in Wuhan (China), it has turned into one of the major challenges affecting the whole world. In a comparatively short time, the virus outbreak turned into a pandemic that led to massive negative impacts not only on people health and well-being, but also on the global economy, travel industry, pharmaceutical industry, tourism industry, and many other industries. This research paper aims to investigate the different effects of coronavirus on the global Halal tourism and Halal hospitality industry and whether the coronavirus pandemic is the end of Halal tourism and hospitality as we know it or not. The paper offers an in-depth theoretical examination of the different aspect of the pandemic on Halal tourism and hospitality industry and provides guidance on how to address these different aspects. The current paper is one of very few research papers addressing coronavirus on the tourism and hospitality industry.

Inter-Animation between Utterances in Collaborative Chat Conversations

2013 ◽  
pp. 63-93
Author(s):  
Traian Rebedea ◽  
Stefan Trausan-Matu ◽  
Costin Chiru
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Instant Messaging ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Discussion Forums ◽  
Collaborative Discourse ◽  
Online Discussion Forums ◽  
Discussion Threads ◽  
New Type

With the wide adoption of instant messaging, online discussion forums, blogs and social networks, online communication has shifted from narration to highly collaborative discussions with multiple authors and discussion threads. However, the theories and methodologies for analyzing this new type of discourse which is different from narration, but also from dialogue, have remained mostly the same. The authors propose a new method for the analysis of this type of discourse, designed especially for multi-party chat conversations where parallel discussion floors and threads exist at the same time. The theoretical underpinning of the inter-animation framework is the detection of links between utterances in order to build a conversation graph that may be used to discover the discussion threads. The framework has been used for analyzing chat conversations of students in Computer Science in order to assess the involvement of each student, the inter-animation of the conversation and the degree of collaborative discourse.

scholarly journals Identifiability as an “Antidote”: Exploring Emotional Contagion and the Role of Anonymity in Twitter Discussions on Misinformation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Chen ◽  
Hao Yuan ◽  
Mike Yao
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Personal Identity ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
Emotional Contagion ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Online Discussions ◽  
Contagion Effect ◽  
Discussion Threads

Misinformation carries both distorted facts and sophisticated emotional signals. Comparing to facts that could be labeled as true or false, we are more concerned about contaminative negative emotions transferring digital-ly among users. In this study, we explored an emotional contagion effect among misinformation discussion participants on Twitter. We analyzed the sentiment of 573 tweets in 192 discussion threads. Our result revealed that highly emotional tweets do not have a universal effect on the online discussions, but it affects those individuals with limited social and personal identity cues (i.e., being anonymous). We found that anonymous members of the online discussion are more susceptible to emotional contagions than those are not. We also suggest coping strategies that protect social media users’ emotional well-being during the era COVID-19.

scholarly journals Graphical representation of online discussion threads from an academic course in a constructivist setting

Virtu@lmente ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-21
Author(s):  
Leopold Hamminger
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Graphical Representation ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Constructivist Teaching ◽  
Discussion Forums ◽  
Discussion Threads ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The University

Constructivist teaching in virtual environments places particular emphasis on the use of discussion forums. This article presents the implementation of a concept of constructivist didactics through an e-learning course on the Blackboard platform of the Department of Education at the University of Salzburg, Austria. Students were motivated to build knowledge through their participation in discussion forums on the Blackboard platform. Teachers, in their role of moderators, expected to be able to gradually reduce their presence in the debates.  The challenge was to be able to measure the extent to which this was achieved, considering that thousands of discussion contributions had to be analyzed. This document describes how the discussion lines can be extracted from Blackboard to be used by UCINET software for social network and thus produce a graphic presentation of the discussion sequences.

scholarly journals Female Gamers

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 54-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lavinia McLean ◽  
Mark D. Griffiths
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Video Gaming ◽  
Relevant Research ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
International Evidence ◽  
Online Discussion Forum ◽  
Discussion Threads ◽  
Different Levels

International evidence indicates that the number of females involved in video-gaming is increasing. Within the context of this increase, there is a need to explore the experiences of this group of gamers in detail. This study explored female experiences of playing video-games. Data were collected from an online discussion forum dedicated to video-gaming; the sample comprised of posts drawn from 409 discussion threads. Thematic analysis of the discussions suggests that gaming is a key element of the female gamers’ identity, with females discussing the integration of gaming into their daily lives on a number of different levels. Similar to previous research, social elements of gaming are highlighted with simultaneous difficulties with online interaction emphasised. These themes are discussed in relation to relevant research in the area, along with recommendations for future research and consideration of possible explanations for the themes observed.

Development of a Conceptual Framework of Lean Construction Principles: An Input–Output Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed S. Bajjou ◽  
Anas Chafi ◽  
Abdelali Ennadi
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Lean Construction ◽  
Generic Model ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Rigorous Analysis ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Planning And Scheduling ◽  
Management Philosophy ◽  
Conference Papers ◽  
Design Construction

In the new global economy, Lean Construction has become an effective way to design construction systems, which aims at reducing all forms of waste and creating the maximum of value for the customer. However, previous studies have reported that there are various implementation approaches, and most construction practitioners have applied this management philosophy according to their own understanding of Lean Construction principles. The main aim of this study is to develop a conceptual model for a successful deployment of lean construction. In this paper, an original generic model has been proposed based on a rigorous analysis of six relevant Lean Construction models that have been designed, validated, and tested in several countries (USA, UK, Malaysia, Germany, and Brazil). The findings of this work show that there are nine main Lean Construction principles and which are: customer focus, supply, continuous improvement, waste elimination, people involvement, planning and scheduling, quality, standardization, and transparency. Moreover, these principles have been divided into 33 sub-principles based on an extensive literature review of reliable documents (research papers, review papers, books, conference papers, and thesis) that have been published between 1992 and 2017.

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