these days, due to growing the e-commerce sites, access to information about items is easier than past. but because of huge amount of information, we need new filtering techniques to find interested information faster and more accurate. therefore recommender systems (rs) introduced for solving this problem. although several recommender approaches have proposed, collaborative filtering (cf) appr...

The possibilities for entering into social relationships via digital technologies such as the internet have undoubtedly multiplied since the beginning of the 21st century. If relationships established ‘online’ involve uncertainty and vulnerability just like ‘offline’ relationships, we need to take a close look at online trust. We conceptualize ‘online trust’ broadly as the social accomplishment...

Grupper, M. A., G. Sorice, J. Stern, and E. Schreiber. 2021. Evaluating determinants of social trust in water utilities: implications for building resilient systems. Ecology Society 26(4):41. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12833-260441

Using panel data method, this study examines the effects of different dimensions of social capital on innovation at the societal level across 21 countries (19 Asian countries plus Russia and Egypt) for the period 1995-2011. Dimensions of social capital that have been considered in this study include generalized trust, trust toward friends, institutional trust, civic participation, and norms of ...

in value creation process via finding and exploiting opportunities, entrepreneurs have to create and use social networks to gain access to resources and information and benefit from their social capital. the entrepreneurs’ activities, contacts and performance can influence the social capital of a society. this research reviews the previous research regarding the effect of sex segregation on soc...