Smart Business: Technology and Data Enabled Innovative Business Models and Practices: 18th Workshop on e-Business, WeB 2019, Munich, Germany, December ... Notes in Business Information Processing)

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 18th Workshop on e-Business, WeB 2019, which took place in Munich, Germany, in December 2019. The purpose of WeB is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to discuss findings, novel ideas, and lessons learned to address major challenges and map out the future directions for e-Business. The WeB 2019 theme was “Smart Business: Technology and Data Enabled Innovative Business Models and Practices.” The 20 papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 42 submissions. The contributions are organized in topical sections as follows: crowdfunding and blockchain; business analytics; digital platforms and social media; managing e-Business projects and processes; and global e-Business. Preface Organization Contents Crowdfunding and Blockchain How Social Networks Dynamics can Affect Collaborative Decision Making on Crowdfunding Platforms 1 Introduction 2 Theory and Hypotheses Development 2.1 Social Network Typologies 2.2 Community and Social Identity Theory 2.3 Connectedness and Social Distance Theory 2.4 Group Collaboration Performance 3 Research Methodology 3.1 Experimental Design 3.2 Procedures 4 Data Analysis and Preliminary Findings 4.1 Descriptive Analysis and Group Homogeneity 4.2 Group Total Contribution 4.3 Distance to Threshold Equilibrium 5 Conclusion References Go in the Opposite Direction? The Impact of Unavailability on Crowdfunding Success 1 Introduction 1.1 A Subsection Sample 2 Literature Review and Hypothesis Development 2.1 Theoretical Background Theoretical Background 2.2 Quantity-Based Unavailability and Crowdfunding Success 2.3 Time-Based Unavailability and Crowdfunding Success 2.4 Interacting Effect of Time-Based Unavailability and Quantity-Based Unavailability 3 Methods and Data 4 Results 5 Limitations and Concluding Remarks References The Impact of Blockchain on Medical Tourism 1 Introduction 2 Definitions and Drivers of Medical Tourism 3 The Potentials of Blockchain Technology in Medical Tourism 3.1 Enabling Disintermediation 3.2 Enhancing Trust and Transparency 3.3 Enhancing Digitization and Interoperability 3.4 Alleviating Privacy Concerns 4 Conclusion and Future Research References Business Analytics Creating a Data Factory for Data Products 1 Data as the Next Big Business 1.1 The Problem: Data Isn’t Scaling 1.2 The Solution: Data Productization 2 Productization in “Data Factories” 2.1 Toward a Data Factory Framework 2.2 Rights Management 2.3 Ingestion 2.4 Harmonization 2.5 Quality Scoring 2.6 Governance 3 Concluding Comments References An Empirical Investigation of Analytics Capabilities in the Supply Chain 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 2.1 Supply Chain Analytics Capability 2.2 Supply Chain Analytics Modularity 2.3 Supply Chain Analytics Governance 3 Conceptual Model and Hypotheses Development 3.1 Hypotheses Development 4 Research Methodology 5 Data Analysis and Results 5.1 Assessment of Measurement Model 5.2 Assessment of Structural Model 6 Discussion 6.1 Key Findings 6.2 Implications for Theory 7 Conclusion References Finding Real-Life Doppelgangers on Campus with MTCNN and CNN-Based Face Recognition 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 3 Proposed Methodology 3.1 Face Detection (MTCNN) and Alignment 3.2 Face Alignment 3.3 Face Recognition 3.4 Similarity Calculation 4 Experiments 4.1 Experiment 1: Validating Face Recognition Using LFW Dataset 4.2 Experiment 2: Finding Doppelgangers 5 Discussions 6 Conclusions References Time Series Analysis of Open Source Projects Popularity 1 Introduction 2 Related Works 3 Data Processing 4 Data Analysis 4.1 Effective Factors Analysis 4.2 Prediction 5 Conclusion, Limitations and Future Works References Digital Platforms and Social Media Social Media or Website? Research on Online Advertising Type Based on Evolutionary Game 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 3 The Model 4 Equilibrium Analyses 5 Parameter Analyses 6 Data Simulate 7 Results and Discussion 8 Summary References Platform Discount Deciding, Seller Pricing and Advertising Investment in the Shopping Festival Based on Two-Sided Market Theory 1 Introduction 2 Model 3 Equilibrium Analysis 3.1 Seller Optimal Decisions 3.2 Platform Optimal Decisions 4 Analysis 5 Managerial Implications and Discussion 6 Conclusion References Who Picks Cherries? Understanding Consumers’ Cherry Picking Behavior in Online Music Streaming Services 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 2.1 Price Promotion 2.2 Cherry Picking Behavior 2.3 Switching Behavior 3 Model 3.1 Hypotheses 3.2 Dataset 3.3 Variables 4 Results 4.1 Distribution 4.2 Hypotheses Test 4.3 Prediction Model 5 Conclusion References Managing e-Business Projects and Processes The Value of Free Content on Social Media: Evidence from Equity Research Platforms 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 3 Data 4 Methodology 5 Results 6 Conclusion References Managing Cloud Computing Across the Product Lifecycle: Development of a Conceptual Model 1 Introduction 2 Cloud Computing 2.1 Deployment Modes of Cloud Computing 2.2 Benefits of Cloud Computing 3 The Product Lifecycle 4 Using Cloud Computing for Product Lifecycle Management 4.1 Typical Challenges Associated with Lifecycle Stages 4.2 Using Cloud Computing to Address Lifecycle Challenges 4.3 A Conceptual Model for the Deployment of Cloud Computing 5 Limitations and Recommendations for Future Research 6 Conclusion References Antecedents of Different Social Network Structures on Open Source Projects Popularity 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 3 Research Model 4 Data Collection and Pre-processing 5 Measurements 6 Panel Data Analysis and Discussion 6.1 Social Network Related Findings 6.2 Project Characteristics Findings 6.3 Limitations 7 Conclusion and Future Works References Language Alternation in Online Communication with Misinformation 1 Introduction 2 Background and Related Work 2.1 Online Misinformation and Its Detection 2.2 Language Alternation in Online Communication 3 Method 3.1 Participants 3.2 Research Instrument and Variables 4 Analyses and Results 4.1 Quantitative Results 4.2 Qualitative Results 5 Discussion References Global e-Business A Taxonomy of User-Generated Content (UGC) Applications 1 Introduction 2 Theoretical Background 2.1 Taxonomy Definition 2.2 Taxonomy of UGC Applications 2.3 A Review of the Classification of UGC and UGC Applications 3 Methodology 4 Development of a Taxonomy of UGC Applications 4.1 Identifying Meta-characteristics and Ending Conditions 4.2 Resulting Taxonomy 4.3 Summary of the Taxonomy 5 Evaluation of the Resulting Taxonomy 6 Implications of the Taxonomy 7 Future Work and Conclusion References Influence of Ownership and Management on IT Investment in Indian Family Firms 1 Introduction 2 Theory and Hypotheses 2.1 Ownership and the Socioemotional Wealth Perspective 2.2 Management and Control Theory 2.3 Ownership and IT Investment 2.4 Management, Ownership, and IT Investment 3 Preliminary Analysis and Results 3.1 Setting 3.2 Baseline Model 4 Discussion References Controlling Risk from Design Changes in Chinese Prefabricated Construction Projects: An Empirical Investigation 1 Introduction 2 Research Background 2.1 Study on Risk Control of Prefabricated Projects 2.2 Empirical Method in Engineering Management 3 The Characterization of the Problem 3.1 Risk Elements and Risk Events 3.2 Empirical Method in Engineering Management 4 Empirical Analysis 4.1 Data Collection 4.2 Data Collection 4.3 Model Modification 4.4 Analysis of Model Results 5 Proposed Risk-Respond Strategies 6 Conclusion References AHP-FCE Evaluation of Cross-Border e-Commerce Supply Chain Performance for Xi’an International Inland Port 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 3 Method 3.1 Constructing Bipartite Judgment Matrix 3.2 Consistency Check 3.3 FCE Evaluation Steps 3.4 Evaluation Indicator Frame 4 Findings 5 Discussion and Implication 6 Remarks and Conclusion References Knowledge Domain and Emerging Trends in Cross-Border E-commerce Coordination Mechanism Based on CiteSpace Analysis 1 Introduction 2 Related Work 3 Approach 4 Analysis and Results 4.1 Mapping and Analysis on Author 4.2 Mapping and Analysis on Countries and Institutions 4.3 Mapping and Analysis on Keywords 4.4 Mapping and Analysis on References 5 Conclusion References Author Index