Long distance calling? Spatial preference patterns in enterprise microblogging in the retail industry

We examine enterprise social network usage data obtained from a community of store managers in a leading Australian retail organization, over a period of fifteen months. Our interest in examining this data is in spatial preferences by the network users, that is, to ascertain who is communicating with whom and where. We offer several contrasting theoretical perspectives for spatial preference patterns and examine these against data collected from over 12,000 messages exchanged between 530 managers in 897 stores. Our findings show that interactions can generally be characterized by individual preferences for local communication but also that two different user communities exist – locals and globals. We develop empirical profiles for these social network user communities and outline implications for theories on spatial influences on communication behaviours on enterprise social networks

Long Distance Calling? Spatial Preference Patterns in Enterprise Microblogging in the Retail Industry

We examine enterprise social network usage data obtained from a community of store managers in a leading Australian retail organization, over a period of fifteen months. Our interest in examining this data is in spatial preferences by the network users, that is, to ascertain who is communicating with whom and where. We offer several contrasting theoretical perspectives for spatial preference patterns and examine these against data collected from over 12,000 messages exchanged between 530 managers in 897 stores. Our findings show that interactions can generally be characterized by individual preferences for local communication but also that two different user communities exist – locals and globals. We develop empirical profiles for these social network user communities and outline implications for theories on spatial influences on communication behaviours on enterprise social networks

A field study of spatial preferences in enterprise microblogging

How does the introduction of enterprise social networking affect the way that geographically dispersed managers communicate with each other? We examine enterprise social network (ESN) usage data obtained from a community of store managers in a leading Australian retail organization, over a period of 15 months after introduction of the platform. Our interest in examining this data is in spatial communication preferences by the network users, that is, to ascertain who is communicating with whom and where. Our analysis of 12,000 messages exchanged between 530 managers shows that interactions can generally be characterized by individual preferences for local communication but also that two different user communities exist – ‘locals’ and ‘globals’. We develop empirical profiles for these two types of social network user communities, and we compare the empirical results against contrasting theoretical perspectives for spatial preference patterns in communication behaviour. We outline implications for theories on spatial influences on communication behaviours on ESNs

Understanding the current state of the NFC payment ecosystem: A graphbased analysis of market players and their relations

<p>El reciente desarrollo de la tecnología Near Field Communication (NFC) ha permitido laaparición de servicios de pago a través de teléfonos celulares. Además, esta innovacióntecnológica ha iniciado una evolución continua relativa a las operaciones de pago. Lasempresas y los investigadores proyectan que la función predominante de las tarjetas de créditoserán progresivamente sustituidos por dispositivos móviles. En este trabajo se describe endetalle NFC y se realiza un análisis de red basado en gráficos para determinar los participantesy las industrias involucradas en la red, así</p><p><strong>Abstract:</strong></p><p>The recent development of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology has enabled theemergence of payment services using mobile phones. Furthermore, this technologicalinnovation initiated an ongoing evolution concerning payment transactions. Companies andresearchers project that the prevalent function of credit cards will be progressively substitutedby mobile devices. In this paper NFC is described in detail and a graphed based networkanalysis is performed to determine players and industries involved in the network as well as therelations, including conflicts, cooperation, or alliances between these actors.</p