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Business Not as Usual: Higher Education Not as Usual

Denise Shoenbachler, Northern Illinois University

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Web Collaboration – How It Is Impacting Business

Bill McCreary, NSG Group

Collaboration via the web is changing both business practices and tactics.

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The Paradox of ROI and Decreased Spending in the Ad Industry

Lance Richard, Monster MediaWorks

ROI in the advertising industry creates a paradox that is changing the traditional business model.

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Why Does Emerging Media Matter?

Michael J. Hicks, Ball State University

This commentary describes not only how growth in IT and new media change our labor force, but also how it impacts new business development.

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Time-Use Preference and Technology Acceptance: Measure Development of Computer Polychronicity

Joshua M. Davis, College of Charleston
Lorraine S. Lee, University of North Carolina - Wilmington
Mun Y. Yi, University of South Carolina

This paper introduces readers to a new construct: computer polychronicity. This new construct, which captures individuals’ time-use preferences regarding IT, has an important role to play in an individual’s technology beliefs.

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The Renaissance of Outdoor Advertising: From Harlem to Hong Kong

Tomas A. Lopez-Pumarejo, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
Myles Bassell, Brooklyn College, City University of New York

Advances in IT affect outdoor advertising (old media) not only in content and delivery, but also in effectiveness measures.

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Spyware and Adware: How Do Internet Users Defend Themselves?

Rajendran Sriramachandramurthy, Rochester Institute of Technology
Siva K. Balasubramanian, Illinois Institute of Technology
Monica Alexandra Hodis, St. John Fisher College

Spyware and adware, two words that usually raise the hackles of online privacy advocates, are the subject of this article. The authors propose and test a new model, which indicates Internet users defend themselves against such practices in both tactical and technical ways.

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Third-Person Effect and Social Networking: Implications for Online Marketing and Word-of-Mouth Communication

Jie Zhang, University of Texas - Austin
Terry Daugherty, The University of Akron

The authors identify marketing implications related to the third-person effect in social networks. Their findings will interest marketers wanting to exploit online social networks to generate positive word-of-mouth communication.

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New/Emerging Media

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