scholarly journals On-line Crowdsourcing: Motives of Customers to Participate in Online Collaborative Innovation Processes

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 3479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlota Lorenzo-Romero ◽  
Efthymios Constantinides
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
New Products ◽  
European Countries ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Collaborative Innovation ◽  
On Line ◽  
Innovation Processes

The large-scale adoption of the Internet and social media make transactions and interactions between businesses and customers easy, inexpensive, and highly efficient. Online crowdsourcing and co-creation with customers are developments increasingly seen as attractive alternatives to traditional forms of innovation management. Online customers are willing to spend time and effort on collaborative innovation trajectories and so have a say in the development of new products and services. Identifying and recruiting capable and innovation-minded co-creation partners online is one of the main challenges of such collaborative innovation-focused processes; understanding the attitudes and motives of innovation-minded customers are the first steps in enticing and recruit these as innovation partners. In this study, we identify and classify customer motives for participating in online co-creation processes in two European countries: Spain and The Netherlands. More than a quarter of online customers are active co-creators and two co-creator profiles were identified in both countries, based the levels of motivation predisposition; Spanish online customers are more involved and enthusiastic co-creators than Dutch customers. The study confirms that financial motives are not the main reason for co-creation; highly motivated customers are motivated by product-related benefits, while hedonic benefits are the most important triggers for less motivated co-creators.

scholarly journals Social Media in and Around a Temporary Large-Scale Refugee Shelter in the Netherlands

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 205630512110249
Author(s):  
Peer Smets ◽  
Younes Younes ◽  
Marinka Dohmen ◽  
Kees Boersma ◽  
Lenie Brouwer
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Crisis Communication ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
State Policies ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
Top Down ◽  
And Migration

During the 2015 refugee crisis in Europe, temporary refugee shelters arose in the Netherlands to shelter the large influx of asylum seekers. The largest shelter was located in the eastern part of the country. This shelter, where tents housed nearly 3,000 asylum seekers, was managed with a firm top-down approach. However, many residents of the shelter—mainly Syrians and Eritreans—developed horizontal relations with the local receiving society, using social media to establish contact and exchange services and goods. This case study shows how various types of crisis communication played a role and how the different worlds came together. Connectivity is discussed in relation to inclusion, based on resilient (non-)humanitarian approaches that link society with social media. Moreover, we argue that the refugee crisis can be better understood by looking through the lens of connectivity, practices, and migration infrastructure instead of focusing only on state policies.

scholarly journals Building competitive advantage in the context of electronic communication with the use of social media

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 151-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Tarabasz
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Communication Channel ◽  
Electronic Communication ◽  
The Internet ◽  
On Line ◽  
Effective Advertising ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Retail Banks ◽  
Use Of Internet

Abstract In today’s turbulent environment it is difficult to imagine a modern company knowingly waives the benefits of electronic communication. Simultaneously there is a multitude of companies that misuse these tools, that makes their actions usually having exactly opposite results of intended. Due to advantages of the Internet as a communication channel and effective advertising medium, more and more companies decide to invest into it. In Poland in 2013, with nearly 7 billion of PLN spent on advertising, more than 21% was invested in online promotion. Furthermore, Internet as an advertising channel of communication is the only one noting regular annual increase in spending on advertising campaigns in comparison to other media. This article is an attempt to show the merits of building companys’ competitive advantage with the use of Internet and particular regard to social media. It presents both own model on-line communication and the results of research among 11 largest retail banks in Poland and opinions of their 1800 customers.

scholarly journals Labor Supply and Well-Being During the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Crisis in the Netherlands: Lessons from Microdata

2021 ◽  
pp. 67-74
Author(s):  
Hans-Martin von Gaudecker ◽  
Bettina Siflinger
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Labor Supply ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Well Being ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Personal Lives ◽  
Work From Home

AbstractLike many other countries, the Netherlands shut down large parts of economic and social life in the spring of 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Between late March and early May, schools and childcare facilities as well as restaurants, cafes, and bars were shut down; contact-related occupations were closed; gatherings were prohibited; and employees were advised to work from home as much as possible. While these regulations represented a sharp cut in individuals’ personal lives, they were more relaxed in the Netherlands than in many other European countries. At the same time, the Netherlands has enacted large-scale economic relief programs.This chapter gives an overview of how labor supply and well-being have changed in the Netherlands in the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. We show that changes in the labor market have affected different groups of people differently and we discuss reasons for these differences. In addition, we illustrate how the consequences of the lockdown have altered the well-being of Dutch workers.

scholarly journals Comparison of the General Dietary Habits and Lifestyle between Before and During COVID-19 among the Saudi Adult's Population in Riyadh

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nouf A. ALkharashi
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Vegetable Intake ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Daily Intake ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Lifestyle Habits ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background: The global outbreak of COVID-19, for which there is few evidence-based effective vaccines or treatments available yet, has led to many attempts to find alternative options. Objective: This study aimed to compare the general dietary habits and lifestyle between before and during COVID-19 among the Saudi adult population in Riyadh Methods: It was a cross-sectional study, targeting the Riyadh population, from 16 May 2020 to 16 June 2020. The study comprised a structured questionnaire design that inquired demographic information examples include:(age, gender, place of residence, and health status); dietary habits information (daily intake of certain foods, food frequency, number of meals/days, and number of times drinking the tea and coffee); lifestyle habits information (physical activity, sleep quality, time that spend using the internet, social media and electronic devices for fun daily and stresses) using Google form. A total of 1,193 participants have been included in the study aged over 18 years. Results: During the COVID-19 period, a significant increase in the number of meals eaten daily, the number of times of fruits and vegetable intake, the number of sweets, cakes, and biscuits, the number of hours of sleep per day, the time using the internet and social media were observed more than at in the before COVID-19 pandemic period. However, the number of running exercise or physical activity were significantly reduced. Conclusion: In this study, the dietary and lifestyle habits have changed among the Saudis during the COVID-19 period. Future large-scale similar studies should be undertaken to confirm the results of the study.

scholarly journals Empathy and Togetherness Online Compared to IRL: A Phenomenological Account

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-95
Author(s):  
Fredrik Svenaeus
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Edith Stein ◽  
Personal Stories ◽  
Peter Goldie ◽  
Phenomenological Account ◽  
On Line ◽  
Social Intercourse

Abstract In this paper I aim to show with the aid of philosophers Edith Stein and Peter Goldie, how empathy and other social feelings are instantiated and developed in real life versus on the Internet. The examples of on-line communication show both how important the embodied aspects of empathy are and how empathy may be possible also in the cases of encountering personal stories rather than personal bodies. Since video meetings, social media, online gaming and other forms of interaction via digital technologies are taking up an increasing part of our time, it is important to understand how such forms of social intercourse are different from in real life (IRL) meetings and why they can accordingly foster not only new communal bonds but also hatred and misunderstanding.

scholarly journals Understanding Patient Anxieties in the Social Media Era: Qualitative Analysis and Natural Language Processing of an Online Male Infertility Community

10.2196/16728 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. e16728 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vadim Osadchiy ◽  
Jesse Nelson Mills ◽  
Sriram Venkata Eleswarapu
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Male Infertility ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Discussion Board ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Published Data ◽  
The Social

Background Couples struggling with infertility are increasingly turning to the internet for infertility-related content and to connect with others. Most of the published data on infertility and the internet only address the experiences of women, with limited studies focusing exclusively on internet discussions on male factor infertility. Objective The aim of this study was to understand the concerns and experiences of discussants on an online male infertility community and to provide insight into their perceptions of interactions with health care professionals. Methods Using the large-scale data analytics tool BigQuery, we extracted all posts in the r/MaleInfertility community (877 members) of the social media website and discussion board Reddit from November 2017 to October 2018. We performed a qualitative thematic analysis and quantitative semantic analysis using Language Inquiry and Word Count 2015 of the extracted posts to identify dominant themes and subthemes of discussions. Descriptive statistics and semantic analytic Z-scores were computed. Results From the analysis of 97 posts, notable themes and subthemes emerged: 70 (72%) posts shared personal experiences, including feeling emasculated or isolated or describing a negative (28/97, 29%), positive (13/97, 13%), or neutral (56/97, 58%) experience with a health care professional; 19% (18/97) of the posts posed questions about personal semen analysis results. On the basis of semantic analysis, posts by men had higher authenticity scores (Z=3.44; P<.001), suggesting more honest or personal texts, but lower clout scores (Z=4.57; P<.001), suggesting a more tentative or anxious style of writing, compared with posts by women. Conclusions To our knowledge, this study represents the first evaluation of a social media community focused exclusively on male infertility using mixed methodology. These results suggest a role for physicians on social media to engage with patients and connect them to accurate resources, in addition to opportunities to improve in-office patient education.

scholarly journals Sistem-Mekanisme Promosi Novel Chicklit dan Teenlit Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Redyanto Noor
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Sales Promotion ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Public Relation ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Mass Psychology ◽  
Professional Workers ◽  
On Line ◽  
Marketing Profession

In the context of promotion there are interesting phenomena related to the process of traveling chicklit and teenlit novels since going out from the publisher's warehouse to the readers. The process is through systems and mechanisms that involve many professional workers outside the field of literature. They are the marketing profession; from a public-relation, sales-promotion, to event organizers. To spread the chicklit and teenlit novels, team-work utilizes mass psychology conditions. The potential for public consumerism is exploited through various strategies. Every major publisher such as Elex Media Komputindo, GagasMedia, and Gramedia Pustaka Utama, has a promotion and marketing division that is responsible for selling products and ensuring the smooth distribution of products to consumers in the broadest range of regions. This business involves professional workers in certain fields that work in synergy. Promotional tips are carried out through event launching, book launching, book reviews, "meet the authors", and others. That way, marketing novels is not enough just to be stacked in a shop window, but promoted on a large scale through magazines, newspapers, book covers, even on-line bookstores (e-shop) on the internet.

Teachers’ and pupils’ perspectives on homosexuality: A comparative analysis across European countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 471-519
Author(s):  
Kristof De Witte ◽  
Kaat Iterbeke ◽  
Oliver Holz
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Positive Trend ◽  
Unique Data ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Teachers Perspectives ◽  
General Climate ◽  
Over Time

This article offers the first large-scale comparative analysis of pupils’ and teachers’ perspectives on homosexuality using two waves (2013 and 2017) of self-collected data through questionnaires issued in eight European countries: Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, the UK, Spain, Poland, Hungary and Turkey. Using these unique data, the authors examine to what extent differences prevail across countries, what mechanisms explain the differences, and how the differences change over time. The results indicate significant differences across countries. Moreover, although a positive trend can be observed between the two waves of the survey, in some countries the general climate towards homosexuality is reversing.

The Role and Determinants of Electronic Commerce and On-line Advertising within Corporate Activity

2003 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 401-427
Author(s):  
J. Berács ◽  
T. Keszey ◽  
L. Sajtos
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Marketing Activity ◽  
On Line ◽  
Hungarian Population ◽  
The Given ◽  
A Company

The research focuses on the application of the Internet in three major areas: sales, purchasing and advertising, which, from a marketing point of view, are the most relevant activities in a company. It is argued that by the end of the 1990s in Hungary Internet-related business activities had become new and increasingly important areas of competition - and this observation holds even though the penetration of the Internet amongst the Hungarian population remains low, so that consumer fears are major obstacles to the more widespread use of this type of media. In this research, the “supply side” of business activities is investigated - that is, companies. In this article (which relies on a large-scale representative national survey carried out in 2000), there will first of all be provided an overview of the intensity of Internet usage among Hungarian companies in relation to marketing activity. Second, based on cutting-edge international literature, the possible factors in the model which determine Internet usage in companies' purchasing, sales and advertising activities will be outlined. Finally, there is an empirical testing of the given model on a representative sample of Hungarian companies.

scholarly journals The Choices and Constraints of Secondary Singles: Willingness to Stepparent Among Divorced Online Daters Across Europe

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (10) ◽  
pp. 1443-1470
Author(s):  
Gina Potarca ◽  
Melinda Mills ◽  
Marijtje van Duijn
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
National Differences ◽  
Contextual Determinants

Using a large-scale sample of online daters in eight European countries ( N = 196,777), we examine willingness to stepparent among divorcees in relation to both gender and number of children, as well as a set of contextual determinants. We find evidence that having one’s own resident children increases the readiness to partner someone with children. Contrary to previous findings, women are generally less willing to stepparent than men, but when resident children are present, gender dissimilarities fade. Notable national differences are also found. Divorced mothers living in Sweden, the Netherlands, Austria, or France are more open to having a partner with children, whereas Polish and Spanish divorced mothers would be less willing to stepparent. These results are interpreted in light of each country’s institutional background.

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