A Scientometrics Review on Research of Knowledge Sharing in Virtual Communities

The number of literature on knowledge sharing in virtual communities has gained rapid growth during last decade; however, there have been few attempts to map the global research in this domain. In this study, the CiteSpace software package was used to conduct a series of content analyses to identify the state of the field and trends in knowledge sharing in virtual communities, including the distribution of core authors and institutions; high-frequency categories and keywords; highly cited papers and hot topics of research; and trends pertain to co-author analysis, co-word analysis, co-citation analysis, and particularly cluster analysis. We present all research focuses in a scientometric way and arrive at the following findings. First, the most significant developments and progress in knowledge sharing in virtual communities have occurred primarily in China, Taiwan, USA, Malaysia. Second, the existing studies in the field of knowledge sharing in virtual communities focus primarily on Business & Economics, Engineering and Computer Science. Third, five hot knowledge sharing in virtual communities topics were also disclosed, they are: knowledge sharing, virtual communities, trust, behavior, management and network

The Cross-border Electricity Business Cloud Services Platform Based On A Combination Of Cloud Computing Services Composition

Nowadays cloud computing industry has turned to the stage of small-scale application from the stage of import and preparation, so business model has become an integral part in cloud computing. According to the existing problem of commercial operation in cloud computing, by analyzing and forecasting the service composition effects, this paper proposes the theoretical thought of synthetic prediction of risk management for cloud computing services composition systems, gives a synthetic prediction model of services composition, namely multi-layer recurrent model, and analyzes it properties. Then based on multi-layer recurrent model, the construction and application prospect of the cloud service platform based on cloud computing service portfolio is discussed

Empirical Study of the Effects of Information Description on Crowdfunding Success — The Perspective of Information Communication

From the perspective of information communication, we identify four dimensions of information description, including information quantity (word number, picture number and video number), information attitude, information quality (as measured by readability) and information update. We then empirically exmain their effects on crowdfunding success using binary logistic regression. And data is collected from Kickstarter, a popular crowdfunding platform. The results reveal that word number, picture number, video number and update are positively associated with crowdfunding success. And readability is negatively associated with crowdfunding success. In addition, attitude positively moderates the relationship between picture number and crowdfunding success. These findings show the significance of information description on crowdfunding, providing theoretical and practical guidance for project creators

Internet Finance: A Systematic Literature Review and Bibliometric Analysis

Internet finance has gained growing popularity in internet plus environment. While various problems have emerged, and hindered the sustainable growth of internet finance industry. Thus, a summary of existent research and directions for future study are expected. However, few comprehensive literature reviews has been published. This paper presents a thorough bibliometric and network analysis following a systematic literature review methodology. The analysis begins by identifying 331 published studies in Web of Science. Prolific authors, institutions and nations are identified by rigorous bibliometric tools. Based on citation and co-citation analysis, influential papers from different time periods are identified. Established and emergent research clusters are identified for topological analysis by coupling analysis. Future research opportunities are pointed out

A Co-Citation Bibliometric Analysis of Crowdsourcing Research

Crowdsourcing has gained increasing attention from scholars in a broad range of fields such as computer science, engineering, information system, business, and economics. However, few crowdsourcing studies are conducted from the bibliometric perspective. This paper conducts document co-citation, author co-citation, journal co-citation, and keyword co-word analysis in the crowdsourcing research field by using CiteSpace and Web of Science TM Core Collection database, aiming to identify highly cited articles and journals and influential authors in the crowdsourcing research field during the time span from 2008 to 2016 and to find out current hot research topics and future directions in the crowdsourcing research field

The Impact of Perceived Risk on Customers’ Intention to Use -- An Empirical Analysis of DiDi Car-Sharing Services

With the development of internet and modern technologies, sharing economy grows quickly and attracts more attention. Sharing platforms have more uncertainty and perceived risk, which influences the customers’ intention to use. In this paper, we take DiDi, a ridesharing platform in China as a case to study. We take the perspective of customers and investigate the implications of perceived risk and trust on customers’ intention to use. We conceptualized perceived risk as a multi dimension construct and differentiate trust on DiDi and trust on drivers. The study employs survey data (n = 365) and structural equation modeling (SEM). Our results provide empirical evidence for the relationship between perceived risk, trust and customers’ intention to use. This research has both significant theoretical and practical implications. It applies the theory of perceived risk and trust in Chinses situation. In practice, the ridesharing platform need to pay more attention to the security of customers, thus more speculation and control on drivers are expected

The Effect of Digital Literacy and External Information on Market Competition Fear: An Empirical Study on Fresh Food Consumption in China

The emergence of market competition fear is a new social phenomenon due to technological innovations and is worth studying. This paper explored the causes of market competition fear as well as the effect of digital literacy and external information channels on it. Data was collected from China by offline survey, and empirical analysis was used for hypotheses testing. The result shows that some specific competences of digital literacy have a negative impact on market competition fear. On the other hand, diverse external information channels have a positive impact on market competition fear, while the information from official news media can weaken fear. These findings confirmed that market competition fear exists in digital transformation. This paper can help to understand market competition fear and have positive practical significance for the government

Is Natural More Beautiful? Research on Natural Product Preference Based on IAT

This study aims at testing consumers’ preference for natural products behind buying decisions and exploring moderating factors as rural life experience and gender for their effects on natural preference. With the help of implicit association theory, we used IAT (Implicit Association Test) to measure the remoteness between positive words and natural products to identify whether there is an implicit preference. And we examined the moderating effects through online research in China. Three hundred one participants have joined this experiment. The result shows that Chinese consumers do have an implicit preference for natural products. When consumers had more than five years of rural life experience, their preference for natural products was significantly higher than those without. However, gender did not make any significant difference, except that women have more preference for nature in the field of food. Our conclusion not only enriches the understanding of consumer behavior but could also help product designing and development, particularly in the food area

Factors influencing patient’s medical choice behavior on Internet Medical: The perspective of trust

Based on the source credibility model and trust transfer theory, this study examined the influence of physician’s personal attributes and word-of-mouth on patients’ medical choice in online healthcare communities, and explored trust transfer from online to offline channel as well as the moderating effect of disease risk on the influence of ability trust and honest trust. Using data from Good Doctor Online, the results revealed that ability trust, benevolence trust, honest trust, and transference trust based on word-of-mouth all had a positive impact on the patients’ medical choice despite slight differences between channels in terms of specific proxies and degree of influence. Disease risk moderated the relationship between ability trust and honest trust and patients’ medical choice. Trust transfer from online channel to offline channel had not been verified

Do Users Mind the Brand Engagement? The Effect of Brand Engagement in Knowledge Sharing Virtual Community

Although previous studies have discussed antecedent mechanisms for user participation and the value it creates in the brand community. Few studies discuss the role of brands, communities, and users in the co-creation of value when virtual communities are established based on users\u27 interests or needs. This paper explored the effect of brand participation on user community engagement intentions/behaviors in virtual communities. Data was collected from China by online survey and empirical analysis was used for hypotheses testing. The result shows that when brands participate in virtual communities, the higher the user\u27s engagement intention, the easier it is for them to make knowledge contribution, which will promote the development and operation of virtual communities. What’s more, in the context of brand participation, brand interactivity will affect the user\u27s community engagement intention and thus the user\u27s knowledge contribution, which will prompt the development of a virtual community. These findings confirmed that virtual community can help to implement circle marketing, interact with consumers, improve consumers\u27 willingness to participate actively, and have positive practical significance for the government and firms