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Social Network Enhanced Digital City Management and Innovation Success: a Prototype Design
Journal of International Technology and Information Management
  • Prashanth Kannan
  • Bih-Ru Lea, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Vincent Wen-Bin Yu, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

Innovation is the process by which knowledge is transformed into products and services which in turn fuels economic development to create wealth and generates improvements in the standard of living. with the advance of technology, social networks that play a fundamental role as a medium for the spread of information, ideas, and influence among its members have taken a form of digital city to offer a range of online services, including access to social environments, community services, and e-commerce to its infohabitants. This study investigates how social network theories can be used to design and manage a web-based digital city that connects entrepreneurs to influential factors of innovation (e.g., supply factor, demand factor, industrial support activities, business strategies and structures) and consequently enhances the innovation process. A conceptual entity-relationship diagram is proposed; design principles and an implementation prototype are discussed and presented.

Department(s)
Business and Information Technology
Keywords and Phrases
  • Innovation,
  • Digital City,
  • Entrepreneurs,
  • Infohabitants,
  • Businesspeople,
  • Economic development,
  • Social networks
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2007 International Information Management Association, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
1-1-2007
Publication Date
01 Jan 2007
Disciplines
Citation Information
Prashanth Kannan, Bih-Ru Lea and Vincent Wen-Bin Yu. "Social Network Enhanced Digital City Management and Innovation Success: a Prototype Design" Journal of International Technology and Information Management (2007)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/bih-ru-lea/11/