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USAID Guide: Strengthening Civil Society through Social Media
July 3, 2017 Editor 0
Social media may be passing television as a source for news around the world. A Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism report found that over 28% of 18–24 year olds say social media is their main source of news – more than television for the first time. The report also found that social media […]
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Use of Social Media in Inbound Open Innovation: Building Capabilities for Absorptive Capacity
February 1, 2015 Editor 0
This study investigates the effects of the use of social media in inbound open innovation on capabilities for absorptive capacity of companies. Seven explorative case studies were conducted in an R&D and business context of two large global high-tech companies. The results suggest that if the necessary conditions are met, social media usage increases the […]
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Mitigating the Risks of Social Login
December 3, 2013 Editor 0
Should we let our users create accounts entirely through Facebook? That’s the question our team asked last week, and it’s a question more and more businesses are facing. Ever since Facebook introduced Facebook Connect in 2008, websites have had the option of allowing users to create and log into their accounts using only their Facebook […]
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RSVP Now for Social Network Analysis: Influence and Impact Beyond Likes and Retweets
November 4, 2013 Editor 0
We live in a network society and we often hear, “Its not what you know, its who you know.” But how many times have you had to re-learn that this maxim is true in business and in efforts to create social change? Understanding social networks can improve development work, providing tools to create influence and […]
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The World’s Most Useful Bazaar
August 14, 2013 Editor 0
Five years ago, as Facebook was establishing global dominance and Twitter was showing promise as The Next Big Thing, there was little doubt that both would become hugely profitable. Today, after years of awkwardly placed ads, Promoted Tweets, privacy concerns, and struggling stock values, the wisdom has started to swing the other way. Being popular […]
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Stairways to heaven: Implementing social media in organizations
July 31, 2013 Editor 0
Abstract Purpose – This paper is aimed at both researchers and organizations. For researchers, it provides a means for better analyzing the phenomenon of social media implementation in organizations as a knowledge management enabler. For organizations, it suggests a step-by-step architecture for practically implementing social media and benefiting from it in terms of knowledge management. […]
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