Distributed Informal Information Systems for Innovation: An Empirical Study of the Role of Social Networks

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2010

Authors

Vasconcelos, V (Author) Other; Pedro Campos (Author) FEP

Conference proceedings International

Title: ENTERprise Information Systems, Part II

Pages: 208-217

Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems

Viana do Castelo, Portugal, 20, 21 e 22 de Outubro de 2010

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Authenticus ID: P-003-AR0

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16419-4_21

Abstract (EN): Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 concepts offer a whole new set of collaborative tools that allow new approaches to market research, in order to explore continuously and ever fast-growing social and media environments. Simultaneously, the exponential growth of online social networks, along with a combination of computer-based tools, is contributing to the construction of new kinds of research communities, in which respondents interact with researchers as well as with each other. Furthermore, by studying the networks, researchers are able to manage multiple data sources - user-generated contents. The main purpose of this paper is to propose a new concept of Distributed Informal Information Systems for Innovation that arises from the interaction of the accumulated stock of knowledge emerging at the individual (micro) level. A descriptive study is to unveil and report when and how market research professionals use social networks for their work, creating, therefore, distributed information systems for innovation.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 10