bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Property stigma: wind farms are just the latest fashion
Authors: Sims Sally , Dent Peter 
Published: October 2007

PurposeThe Government's aim to curb CO2 emissions from energy production has resulted in the growth of a new environmental feature; the wind turbine. Whilst this may help tackle climate change, there is concern that the visual and aural presence of these turbines could have a negative impact on house prices. Opinion studies undertaken within the UK appear to show significant variations in attitudes towards wind farms in different locations (in particular between Scotland and southern England) and at different stages during the development process. However, to date, no research has established the actual impact on proximate house values. Therefore, the purpose of this study, sponsored by the RICS, is to develop a methodology to measure the likely impact of onshore wind farms on house prices in the UK.Design/methodology/approachThis study focused on residential property surrounding two wind farms in Cornwall. Transaction data for 1,052 house sales completed between 2000 and 2004 were obtained and analysed using regression modelling and comparative sales analysis. A second study undertook an analysis of the planning objections to wind farms in this location.FindingsThe analysis of transaction data found some correlation between distance from a wind farm, and value. However, the data were insufficiently detailed to draw any sound conclusions. The analysis of planning objections revealed that 95 percent of objections came from people living outside Cornwall.Research limitations/implicationsWhilst the methodology is sound, the available data were limited to house type and selling price, and therefore not sufficiently detailed to highlight any small changes in value.Originality/valueThe paper establishes general criteria which could be used to evaluate the potential impact of onshore wind farms on property values.
Who am I, and where's my money? Issues in online security
Authors: Gorman G.E. 
Published: October 2007

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to address the issue of online security.Design/methodology/approachDiscusses the problem of breaches in online information sharing and security.FindingsThere are many issues to be considered in addressing the matter of online information security that is so important for the future stability of the online world.Originality/valueProvides a discussion on policy formulation at international and national level, to trust building as a key to online security, to specific technical processes that might help thwart breaches of this security.
Towards an international road‐map for cybersecurity
Authors: Sund Christine 
Published: October 2007

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to show that the full potential of the internet has not yet been realised. One of the key reasons for this is users' declining trust in the internet. Over the past two decades, the internet has transformed many aspects of modern life. With an estimated four million users worldwide at the end of 2006, the use of the internet continues to grow. Building trust and confidence is one of the main enablers for the future growth and use of the internet. The paper aims to review some of the reasons behind the declining trust, the changing nature of cyber‐threats, and aims to look at cybersecurity in the context of developing countries and the specific problems these countries are facing when dealing with growing number of cyber‐threats.Design/methodology/approachThis contribution gives an overview of some of the evolving cyber‐threats and their potential impact in order to determine whether the growth of the information society is really at risk. It further considers what the different stakeholders can do to build a safer and more secure information society. The paper poses questions, outlines possible options for a way forward and based on this gives the readers a better understanding of the issues and challenges involved in building confidence and security in the use of ICTs. The paper proposes a framework with increased co‐operation, collaboration, and information sharing, to connect the individual cybersecurity communities and single initiatives, in order to allow stakeholders to build together a roadmap for cybersecurity.FindingsDuring the discussions leading up to and during the two phases of the World Summit on the information society, country representative participants re‐affirmed their commitment to deal effectively with the significant and growing problems posed by spam and other cyber‐threats. As no single country or entity can alone create trust, confidence and security in the use of ICTs, it is clear that increased international action is needed to address the issues involved.Practical implicationsThis paper tries to provide readers with a simple overview of the state of cybersecurity, and with a framework for further considering how new technologies and the growing use of the internet will impact upon stakeholders' trust in the use of ICTs.Originality/valueAlong with increasing dependency on ICTs, new threats to network and information security have emerged. These include growing misuse of electronic networks for criminal purposes or for objectives that can furthermore adversely affect the integrity of critical infrastructures within states. This paper puts forward some concrete suggestions on how countries could look at the issues related to cybersecurity.
The role of security, privacy, usability and reputation in the development of online banking
Authors: Casaló Luis V. , Flavián Carlos , Guinalíu Miguel 
Published: October 2007

PurposeThe purpose of this research is to analyse the influence of perceived web site security and privacy, usability and reputation on consumer trust in the context of online banking. Moreover, the paper also aims to analyse the trust‐commitment relationship since commitment is a key variable for establishing successful long‐term relationships with customers.Design/methodology/approachThe paper describes the positive effects of security and privacy, usability and reputation on consumer trust in a web site in the online banking context. Besides this, it also suggests that trust has a positive effect on consumer commitment. After the validation of measurement scales, the hypotheses are contrasted through structural modelling. Finally, the paper compares the hypothesised model with a rival one in order to test the mediating role of trust.FindingsThe data showed that web site security and privacy, usability and reputation have a direct and significant effect on consumer trust in a financial services web site. Besides this, consumer trust is positively related to relationship commitment. Finally, it is observed that trust is a key mediating factor in the development of relationship commitment in the online banking context.Research implications/limitationsThe high costs every company has to face in order to attract new customers make it increasingly necessary to reinforce the ties established with customers. In this respect, this research offers several alternatives for improving the levels of consumer trust and commitment in the context of online banking. The limitation is that data were collected to a web survey only of Spanish‐speaking subjects.Originality/valueThis study proposes a model for analysing empirically the link between security, privacy and trust, amongst others, in the online banking context.
A conceptual model of trust in the online environment
Authors: Salo Jari , Karjaluoto Heikki 
Published: October 2007

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to show that trust is an important factor for successful online transactions. Although the importance of trust has been examined from various perspectives, the studies on online trust have been fragmented in nature and are still in their infancy.Design/methodology/approachThis paper explores factors that affect the formation of end‐user trust in online environments. The study proposes a conceptual framework, which categorises the affecting elements under internal and external factors affecting end‐user trust formation.FindingsThe results suggest that the actual outcome of trust‐enhancing methods in online environments should be the development of long‐term trusted customer relationships.Research limitations/implicationsMore empirical research efforts need to be directed to study trust in online environments. This study is conceptual and qualitative in nature, which is its main limitation.Practical implicationsCompanies operating in the online environment should focus their attention on the trust formation process and its management as well as creating and managing their relationships with important third parties.Originality/valueThe study is significant for two reasons. First, it synthesises online trust literature and, second, it presents an integrative trust model.
Perception of risk and the strategic impact of existing IT on information security strategy at board level
Authors: McFadzean Elspeth , Ezingeard Jean‐Noel , Birchall David 
Published: October 2007

PurposeInformation security is becoming increasingly more important as organisations are endangered by a variety of threats from both its internal and external environments. Many theorists now advocate that effective security policies should be created at senior management level. This is because executives are able to evaluate the organisation using a holistic approach as well as having the power to ensure that new systems and procedures are implemented in a timely manner. There is, however, a continuing lack of understanding regarding the strategic importance of managing information security. In addition, there is a gap in the literature on the relationship between directors and information security strategy. This paper attempts to close this gap by exploring how directors perceive their organisation's security and what factors influence their decisions on the development and implementation of information security strategy.Design/methodology/approachThe research is based on constructivist grounded theory. Forty‐three interviews were conducted at executive level in 29 organisations. These interviews were then coded and analysed in order to develop new theory on directors' perception of risk and its effect on the development and implementation of information security strategy.FindingsThe analysis shows that senior managers' engagement with information security is dependent on two key variables: the strategic importance of information systems to their organisation and their perception of risk. Additionally, this research found that these two variables are affected by both organisational contextual factors and the strategic and operational actions undertaken within the business. Furthermore, the results demonstrated that the two board variables also have an impact on the organisation's environment as well as its strategic and operational actions. This paper uses the data gathered from the interviews to develop a model of these factors. In addition, a perception grid is constructed which illustrates the potential concerns that can drive board engagement.Practical implicationsThe paper illustrates the advantages of using the perception grid to understand and develop current and future information security issues.Originality/valueThe paper investigates how organisational directors perceive information security and how this perception influences the development of their information security strategy.
The impact of reading a web site's privacy statement on perceived control over privacy and perceived trust
Authors: Arcand Manon , Nantel Jacques , Arles‐Dufour Mathieu , Vincent Anne 
Published: October 2007

PurposeThe purpose of this research is to study the impact of reading a web site's privacy statement on the perceptions of control over privacy and trust in a cyber merchant.Design/methodology/approachTwo experiments were designed to monitor the actual reading of the privacy statement. Study one compares the influence of actual reading with self‐reported claims. Study two manipulated the format of the privacy statement (opt‐in or opt‐out) and included a control condition to assess the influence of the presence of a privacy statement and the influence of the format on the dependent variables.FindingsThe findings show that the mere presence of a privacy statement has a positive influence on perceived control. However, reading the privacy statement does not necessarily have a positive influence on perceived control and trust, contrary to commonly held assumptions. Participants who read the opt‐in format felt significantly more control and trust than the participants who read the opt‐out format. The opt‐out format decreases perceived control compared with the group that did not read the privacy statement when it was available.Research limitations/implicationsThe sample size for both experiments was relatively modest, which limits the generalisability of the findings.Practical implicationsCyber merchants should devote particular attention to the strategic role of the format of the privacy statement.Originality/valueIn contrast to other studies that relied on surveys, this paper assesses the impact of the actual reading of the privacy statement via an experimental approach. Moreover, the impact of the format of the privacy statement has been empirically tested.
Protecting online information sharing in peer‐to‐peer (P2P) networks
Authors: Rice Daniel O. 
Published: October 2007

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present a P2P network security pricing model that promotes more secure online information sharing in P2P networks through the creation of networks with increased resistance to malicious code propagation. Online information sharing is at an all‐time high partly due to the recent growth in, and use of, online peer‐to‐peer (P2P) networks.Design/methodology/approachThe model integrates current research findings in incentive compatible network pricing with recent developments in complex network theory. File download prices in P2P networks are linked to network security using a graph theory measurement called the Pearson coefficient. The Pearson coefficient indicates a structural dimension of scale‐free networks (scale‐free networks like the internet) called preferential attachment. Preferential attachment refers to the network property where the probability for a node to connect to a new node is greater if the new node already has a high number of connections.FindingsThe P2P network security pricing model concept is illustrated to show how the model functions to create more secure P2P networks.Research limitations/implicationsFuture research in P2P network security pricing should focus on testing the model presented in this paper by numerical experiments and simulation including the tracking of malicious code propagation on networks grown under the pricing model.Originality/valueThe P2P network security pricing model demonstrated here is a different approach to network security that has a strong potential to impact on the future security of P2P and other computer based networks.
The dimensions of cited reference enhanced database subsets
Authors: Jacsó Péter 
Published: October 2007

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to discuss databases with cited references.Design/methodology/approachThe paper considers the dimensions of cited reference enhanced database subsets.FindingsThe typical database has the ski slope shape, as there is a fairly steady, gradual growth in the yearly number of records added. This is not true for the shape of the cited references subset, as in most databases cited references have been added to the records only for the past few years.Practical implicationsThere are many features which are specific to cited references, and thus the traditional bibliographic database design is just not sufficient.Originality/valueThe paper examines the issues surrounding cited reference enhanced database subsets.
The manufacturing extraprise: an emerging production network paradigm
Authors: Karlsson Christer , Sköld Martin 
Published: October 2007

PurposeTraditional perspectives of manufacturing strategy tend to focus internal transforming activities, including how transformed resources are handled and the relations with other value‐creating operations inside and outside the firm. Manufacturing management evolved as a discipline with little clear alignments with business strategy and firm positioning. Even manufacturing strategy is often delimited to the boundaries of the firm and its dyad relations to collaborating actors such as suppliers and distributors. This paper aims at exploring and demonstrating what a network perspective can add to the understanding of manufacturing management and strategy.Design/methodology/approachThe research design is built on principal reasoning of future manufacturing strategy. Articles and conference papers together with over 25 years of field studies constitute the empirical base. An industry was chosen to demonstrate the application of the research framework of horizontal and vertical technologies.FindingsThe analysis indicates that manufacturing occurs within open‐production systems here called extraprises as an extension to enterprises with their inside the firm focus. Taking a network perspective, it is suggested that a conceptual framework of horizontal and vertical technologies offers a fruitful conceptualization to identify the content and meaning of future manufacturing strategy.Research implications/implicationsThe network theory conceptualization takes the view of manufacturing systems a further step beyond systems theory and contributes a richer framework for manufacturing strategy research.Originality/valueIt is argued that future directions of manufacturing strategy will gain from taking a network perspective using network theory with its foundations in actors, resources, and activities.
The evolution of production systems and conceptual frameworks
Authors: Fleury Afonso , Tereza Fleury Maria 
Published: October 2007

PurposeThe development of a conceptual framework for the study of production systems in general derived from the analysis of the telecommunications industry; since this industry is considered as one of the pillars of the coming information society and knowledge economy, the application of that framework to other industries and production systems brings insights as to their recent changes and future trends. This paper looks at the stream of frameworks proposed for production and operations management, with the intent of contributing to the debate by addressing the following question: would an analytical framework derived from the telecommunications industry have distinct features relative to the analytic frameworks currently in use?Design/methodology/approachFollowing a literature review of the evolution of the telecommunications industry, the framework (TbF for telecommunications‐based framework) was built from scratch, using grounded theory, case studies and Delphi methods. The field for research was the Brazilian Telecommunications industry, considered as a microcosm of the whole industry. The TbF was then applied to the automobile and textile/apparel industries for illustration purposes.FindingsThe TbF is composed by six types of companies, characterised by distinct profiles of organisational competences, interacting according to some specific patterns of relationships. Compared to the most commonly used conceptual frameworks, the TbF allows for critical assessments in regards to their basic assumptions and reveals ways to evolve in direction of more dynamic approaches to the study of production systems.Research limitations/implicationsAs all other conceptual frameworks, the TbF is a simplification of reality and so its use requires a clear view of its assumptions. In regards to generalisation, the main assumption of the TbF is that other industries and production systems are accelerating their “clockspeeds” over time. As to the TbF's limitations, the main drawback relates to its development being derived from the most “traditional” segment of the telecommunications industry. This led to the exclusion of the internet‐enabled industries which promise a great impact in the near future.Practical implicationsThe main contribution is for practical work in the academic and consultancy spheres, because what is under investigation is the way in which knowledge about production systems is being produced. The use of the TbF might disclose the limitations of the most commonly used conceptual frameworks and reveal ways to produce knowledge which is more aligned to the dynamism and complexity of production systems now and in the future.Originality/valueThe TbF is original in its structure. Its value in the creation of knowledge which is relevant and applicable still depends on further development.
Strategic options‐based framework for management of dynamic capabilities in manufacturing firms
Authors: Kyläheiko Kalevi , Sandström Jaana 
Published: October 2007

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to launch a dynamic strategic framework for a manufacturing firm for the digital age. The paper's dynamic capabilities‐ and strategic options‐based framework is comprised of the following key issues: how to sense the weak signals at the customer interface and how to formulate them as strategic options; how to exercise these options in the (often) intangible assets markets that are imperfect or even non‐existent; how to appropriate and/or share strategically relevant productive knowledge in order to obtain competitive advantage (CA) over the rivals, (iv) how to recognize the opportunities and threats of the underlying industrial structure, especially the economies of scale and scope and network externalities; and how to proactively reconfigure and reshape the existing knowledge base and capabilities in order to sustain the CA obtained.Design/methodology/approachThe paradigm of creating CA is opened up in the context of knowledge‐based engineering and digital manufacturing. The Porterian five forces model, the resource‐based view and especially its dynamized extension, the dynamic capability view, are used as theoretical starting points. The modern strategic technology management literature will be complemented by means of the concepts of strategic options and related flexibility issues. Some illustrative examples will be offered as well.FindingsIn the author's view, the primary sources of sustainable CA in the digital manufacturing can be captured from active asset selection (strategic investments in both tangible and intangible assets), and efficient orchestrating of the global value net in “thin” intangible assets markets. The main determinants of CA are: the competitive nature of external environments, supply and demand conditions of the industry (economies of scale and scope and network externalities), renewal capacity of the organization, the dependence on complementary co‐specialized resources and capabilities, and the strategic role of the appropriability regime.Originality/valueThis paper tries to capture the critical elements of creating sustainable CA in the context of digital manufacturing and it is considered to be useful for strategic decision‐makers. The modern technology strategy management literature is synthesized in our framework and it tries to make the issues more applicable to the strategic management of the companies.