JEL classification: L96 O33 Keywords: 3G mobile services Business models Flat rate pricing Techno-economics Telecommunication a b s t r a c t This study investigates the third generation mobile telecommunication systems (3G) diffusion challenges in the situation where large-scale mobile data service usage has not yet broken through. The paper first analyzes incumbent mobile operator business pr...

The purpose of this study is to develop a conceptual model of Workplace safety and Health Knowledge diffusion. As workplace safety is becoming a global issue in the competitiveness of the business environment, knowledge diffusion model to workplace safety is found a mandatory tool to create awareness of the society and conceptual model is developed. Literature review was conducted in collecting...

Based on existing conceptual work in culture and innovation diffusion theory, a framework is developed to investigate the moderating role of the occupational subculture of information technology personnel on the relationship between knowledge sharing and the IT diffusion process in organizations. We suggest that knowledge sharing between information technology (IT) and business personnel impact...

The growth and diffusion of self-service technology (SST) over the last decade has resulted in an increasing number of business and government transactions being completed without human assistance. One innovation in this area, the speech-enabled business system, is characterised by complex implementations that bring together language processing technologies, applications development and end-use...

Social media services, such as Twitter, enable commercial businesses to participate actively in online wordof-mouth communication. In this project, we examined the potential influences of business engagement in online wordof-mouth communication on the level of consumers’ engagement and investigated the trajectories of a business’ online word-of-mouth message diffusion in the Twitter community. ...

The growing use of the Internet and e-commerce for conducting business is being driven by global and national forces. Many firms are being driven toward greater adoption of e-commerce by global competitive pressures, which some suggest will lead to a global networked economy. On the other hand, firms are also being driven by national environmental and policy factors, which are both drivers and ...

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. ABSTRACT Our analytical concern is the extent e-commerce does and does not diffuse across industries and within establishments, and the consequent impacts on firm performance. We begin with the Center for Rese...

Structured Abstract Purpose – This paper is an extension to a previous empirical study that modelled the process of innovation diffusion in Australian architectural and engineering design (AED) firms. The present study utilised explanatory case studies to assist in the verification of this empirical model, which depicted pathways that explain the role of enabling 'climate for innovation' constr...