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作者：Westmattelmann, Daniel; Stoffers, Benedikt; Maertins, Julian; Xiao, Xiao
作者单位：University of Munster; Copenhagen Business School
摘要：Meta-sports, which involve replicating sports in immersive virtual environments, represent a highly developed aspect of the future Metaverse. This study adopts a distributive justice lens to explore how athletes perceive the input-output principle underlying meta-sports platforms and evaluate the fairness of meta-sports competitions. Through a comparative mixed-methods study using nested data from the German Virtual Cycling Bundesliga at two time points, we find that individuals have dynamic i...
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作者：Tiwana, Amrit; Kim, Stephen K.
作者单位：University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; Iowa State University
摘要：We study how app competitiveness evolves through intertemporal shifts between proprietary code and platform-sourced functionality. We introduce the novel mechanism of boundary morphing-apps expanding their boundaries by adding proprietary code or contracting them by increasing platform-sourced functionality-by integrating transaction cost economics (TCE) with platforms theory. Using seven years of data from over 600 AndroidOS apps, we show that platform specificity and market uncertainty drive...
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作者：Yu, Yinan; Yin, Dezhi; Khern-am-nuai, Warut
作者单位：University of Oklahoma System; University of Oklahoma - Norman; State University System of Florida; University of South Florida; McGill University
摘要：Most user-generated content platforms utilize peer evaluation systems that incorporate upvotes and downvotes to distinguish high-quality from low-quality content. However, downvotes are often misused to target others and discourage content creators, and some platforms, such as Amazon and TripAdvisor, have removed the downvote option altogether. Meanwhile, the real-world impact of this platform-level intervention on user contributions remains underexplored, and we fill this gap by analyzing a r...
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作者：Daniel, Sherae L.; Zhao, Renzhi (Fred); Maruping, Likoebe M.
作者单位：University System of Ohio; University of Cincinnati; Texas State University System; Texas State University San Marcos; University System of Georgia; Georgia State University
摘要：Material to inform the decisions on the job promotion of open source software (OSS) developers is available on platforms. Digital features increase the visibility of OSS developer technical and interpersonal skills. Digital features also make it possible for OSS developers to visibly receive endorsements and recommendations from others about those skills. It is unclear how well the visibility of technical versus interpersonal skills through such digital features facilitates OSS developer job p...
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作者：Lee, Jong Seok
作者单位：University of Tennessee System; University of Tennessee Knoxville
摘要：This research theorizes and documents for the first time a cyber risk that may arise from strategic alliances with Big Tech, a grouping of the most dominant companies in the information technology industry. This research proposes that alliances with Big Tech tend to involve leveraging and integrating Big Tech's innovative technological capabilities into a focal firm's data management, operations, products, or services. This process can be understood as an inter-organizational system of systems...
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作者：Wang, Gongtai; Zhang, Zhewei; Nandhakumar, Joe; Manoharan, Nitin
作者单位：Dalian University of Technology; University of Warwick
摘要：This paper explores a paradigm shift from viewing the Metaverse as a distinct digital world to viewing the Metaverse as an integral part of everyday life, termed the Everyday Metaverse. Previous research on the traditional paradigm falls short of capturing the essence of the emerging paradigm, limiting both scholarly understanding and practical engagement. Through an interpretive case study method, this research investigates the design process of a hybrid city project that strived to integrate...
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作者：Singha, Sumanta; Saha, Rajib L.; Ghoshal, Abhijeet
作者单位：Texas Tech University System; Texas Tech University; Indian School of Business (ISB); University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
摘要：A two-sided marketplace with network effects, such as an online food delivery platform, faces challenges when buyers impose disutility on each other while competing for shared resources. To reduce this disutility, the platform can exercise greater control over transactions, charge sellers a higher transaction fee, or both, but these strategies have trade-offs. Using a game-theoretic model, we show that a market in our setting can be divided into two distinct types based on the relative strengt...
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作者：Lee, Youhyun; Cheng, Hsing Kenneth; Qiu, Liangfei
作者单位：State University System of Florida; University of Florida
摘要：The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) with deep-tech products has been a transformative force across various industries. The synergy between AI and innovation continues to drive the development of cutting-edge solutions that shape the future of technology and business. This study examines the firm's strategic decision of whether to make its innovative AI product compatible with its rival's incumbent product. A compatible strategy allows the firm to generate more sales of the deep-tec...
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作者：Chen, Xiangru; Ma, Xiao; Scheibe, Kevin P.; Johnson, Norman
作者单位：University of Alabama System; University of Alabama Tuscaloosa; University of Houston System; University of Houston; Iowa State University
摘要：Despite an annual healthcare expenditure of over $4.1 trillion dollars on chronic patients in the United States alone, chronic diseases remain the leading causes of death and rising healthcare costs. With the potential benefits of online telemedicine consultation, we ask what value omnichannel integration-business approaches that use various channels synergistically to maximize customer value-might provide to healthcare for individual patients with chronic diseases. While new patients may have...
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作者：Ebrahimi, Reza; Hu, James Lee; Zhang, Ning; Nunamaker Jr, Jay F.; Chen, Hsinchun
作者单位：State University System of Florida; University of South Florida; University of Arizona
摘要：Malware detectors are the first line of defense against cyber-attacks that damage Information Technology (IT) infrastructure. Recently, deep learning (DL)-based malware detectors have yielded breakthrough results in identifying unseen attacks without requiring feature engineering and expensive dynamic malware analysis in a sandbox. However, these detectors are susceptible to adversarial malware attacks. Emulating effective adversarial malware variants is instrumental in revealing the vulnerabi...
