AIRCC's International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology

Xi Zhang ¹

Affiliations
1 Institute of Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN

Abstract

Knowledge can be classified as explicit and implicit knowledge. This study investigates how national or regional culture influences on the explicit and implicit knowledge sharing behaviour in the context of multi-national virtual teams. The findings suggest national culture significantly influence on participants' attitude to sharing knowledge in IT-enabled virtual teams. This study provides some suggestions for the virtual team management.

Keywords

National Culture, Hofstede’s Dimensions, Virtual Teams, Knowledge Contribution.

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Xi Zhang ¹, Doug Vogel ²

Affiliations
1 Institute of Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN
2 Information Systems Department, City University of Hong Kong, HK

Abstract

Web 3.0 or so called "Internet 3.0" is a popular 3D internet application. The emerging economics burgeoning Internet population will soon have an array of Web 3.0 in which to work and play. Although some strategies of web 3.0 platforms have been proven to be successful for attracting user acceptance in the developed countries, the effects of these strategies are questionable in the market of emerging economics. In this study, we investigate the Web 3.0 market and e-commerce strategies in one of biggest emerging economics in the world. Based on the uses and gratifications theory, this study compares the different strategies of these local companies, and tries to explain which difference of e-commerce strategies between these competitors, and how can these Web 3.0 competitors survive in the environment of emerging economics. Limitations and Implications are discussed in the end.

Keywords

Web 3.0, Emerging Economics, Electronic Commerce, Customer Relationship.

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