infonet-economy

This research uses data on distribution channels of hotels gathered through a yearly survey addressed to Swiss hotels since 2006. The authors use the evolution of Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) market share as a time series which can be modelled using different growth curve methods. These various models cross-validate the forecasted final penetration rate. The study analyses the...

The rapid increase in the number of published articles poses a challenge for curated databases to remain up-to-date. To help the scientific community and database curators deal with this issue, we have developed an application, neXtA5, which prioritizes the literature for specific curation requirements. Our system, neXtA5, is a curation service composed of three main elements. The...

The papers presented in this volume advance the state-of-the-art research on digital marketing and social media, mobile computing and responsive web design, semantic technologies and recommender systems, augmented and virtual reality, electronic distribution and online travel reviews, MOOC and eLearning, eGovernment and sharing economy. This book covers the most significant areas...

Cet article traite de la communication externe des PME industrielles situées dans l’Arc jurassien, situé sur la frontière franco - suisse . Ces PME sont typiquement sous-traitant e s et co-traitant e s de plus grandes entreprises et groupes actifs dans les secteurs de l’horlogerie, de la mécanique et de la microtechnique. Elle s ne sont pas habituées à manier les concept s et...

This paper examines the results of a research project the focus of which was the use of digital technologies in the higher education classroo m through the lens of adding value. Multi-phase qualitative research carried out with bachelor-d egree students (n=17), teaching faculty (n=20), administrative, and pedagogical services personnel (n=9) shows a certain incoherence in the...

This paper presents findings from a mixed-method action research study the objective of which was to examine the use of Web 2.0 technologies in the higher education classroom to promote self-reg ulation, information-seeking and exchange, and collaborative learning. The research was carried out with 1st year (n=85) business degree students. Qualitative analysis, through...

This paper explores the mutual links between corpor ate social responsibility (CSR), corporate governan ce (CG), and corporate financial performance (CFP). We aim to in vestigate the extent to which a firm's internal CG structures may influence its CSR practices and the resulting impac t on its financial performances. To take into accou nt the mutual interactions between these...

The extant body of literature regularly describes the internationalization pattern of born globals as haphazard, random, chaotic, unstructured or nonlinear at best. Moreover it is said that born globals often venture abroad in an opportunistic fashion and that their internationalization efforts are often triggered by an unsolicited request of a potenti al client. Analyzing a...

This paper aims to identify two di®erent knowledge management (KM) systems and their underlying capabilities by accounting for two contextual factors: organisational structures and type of knowledge. Speci¯cally, it seeks to explore how two di®erent organisational structures (mechanistic and organic) shape the way explicit and tacit knowledge is shared, created, and learned. The...