bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Knowledge‐driven development indicators: still an eclectic panorama
Authors: Passerini Katia 
Published: September 2007

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to highlight that research on the measurement of key indicators that represent drivers of the knowledge economy still spans several different, although interrelated, directions. The results of this review call for further integration of metrics through cross‐disciplinary international, multinational and organizational partnerships that could reconcile and define de facto standards for the assessment of the drivers of knowledge‐based growth.Design/methodology/approachGeneral review, literature review. The paper reviews extant literature and practical experiences in knowledge‐based development assessments.FindingsThe review finds that many institutions are still adopting a variety of approaches which are difficult to reconcile. Additional coordination efforts are required to overcome contextual and non‐replicable approaches and, thus, increase standardization of metrics.Research limitations/implicationsWhile the paper discusses limitations of extant approaches, it does not build (another) alternative theoretical solution. Rather it suggests actionable strategies that require a high level of international coordination.Practical implicationsThe paper shows the path and examples of multi‐agency approach to achieve standardization.Originality/valueThe value of the paper stems from its classification and review of selected approaches both at the country and organizational level. While it is motivated by a call for integration that is not novel to the field of knowledge management, it suggests that this coordination: needs to occur simultaneously both at the country and the organizational levels, whereby country approaches could inform and drive industry approaches; and needs to leverage international coordination models such as those of international standardization bodies.
The Austrian National Knowledge Report
Authors: Schneider Ursula 
Published: September 2007

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the transferability of the intellectual capital approach methodology from the corporate to the national level. Just as financial measures fall short of covering major value drivers at the corporate level, gross national product does not sufficiently reflect future potentials to grow and to contribute to a globalising economy with trans‐national value chains, value cycles and value networks. There have been many efforts to develop core indicators of economic performance, such as ratings of competitiveness, global embeddedness, high‐tech exposure, spending in R&D, competencies to read and calculate of students and many more. The project team concluded that those measures showed two major weaknesses: they lack an overall framework and thus an analysis of their interplay and they overemphasise the reporting in relation to the development or management aspect of the factors considered by the respective approaches.Design/methodology/approachThe team aspired to create a prototype knowledge report for Austria as part of a prototype procedure, the “Agenda Knowledge”, which should fuel efforts of the country to change its role in the emerging knowledge society from imitator to inventor. The endeavour was based on the Lisbon Agenda of the European Union, which integrates economic competitiveness and social cohesion. A trans‐disciplinary design was applied which is best described as action research and makes use of many different methods at different stages of the process; all methods were evaluated in terms of their effectiveness, efficiency and social acceptance.FindingsResults of the pilot project comprise a prototype national knowledge report as part of an overarching prototype procedure which is able to deal with incommensurabilities at the level of visions and ends as well as with different paradigms at the level of end‐mean relations in a political rather than in an academic manner.Originality/valueFirst process‐oriented approach to the development and monitoring of intellectual capital at the national level.
Effective societal knowledge management
Authors: Wiig Karl M. 
Published: September 2007

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to suggest principles and framework for comprehensive societal knowledge management (SKM) for countries to provide acceptable conditions for their citizens and businesses and to participate equitable in the globalized knowledge economy.Design/methodology/approachFoundations for SKM principles and framework are based on requirements and practical experiences reported in literature and expanded by the author's work and concepts.FindingsComprehensive SKM is not commonly pursued in spite of its importance for national survival. Many countries need SKM guidelines and concepts and will benefit by development of an acceptable and well‐substantiated framework.Research limitations/implicationsExtensive research should be pursued in scientific, economic, social, and educational fields to identify good SKM options. Understanding must be developed of how best to undertake SKM.Practical implicationsImplications are that comprehensive SKM by nations promises to improve quality‐of‐life worldwide.Originality/valueNotwithstanding the need for a comprehensive SKM framework, little work has been available until now.
On the financial drivers and implications of leasing real estate assets
Authors: Lasfer Meziane 
Published: September 2007

PurposeThis paper aims to contrast the financial costs and benefits of leasing, rather than owning real estate assets.Design/methodology/approachThe main argument is that leasing is beneficial. The hypothesis is tested using a total of 2,343 UK‐quoted companies over the period 1989‐2002, resulting in 14,101 pooled time‐series and cross‐sectional observations.FindingsThe results indicate that large and high‐growth companies are likely to lease than to own these assets. Companies that lease are more efficient in using their real estate and that these benefits are compounded in share price valuation as leasing propensity is strongly leasing propensity is not linear, but an inverse U‐shaped, suggesting that the market is also considering the costs of not owning real estate.Research limitations/implicationsThe study relied on historical accounting values of real estate rather than market values which are not available in machine readable format, and there was no data on the type of real estate and its location.Originality/valueThe results of the paper provide strong and consistent evidence that the market values the costs and benefits of leasing.
Office productivity: a theoretical framework
Authors: Haynes Barry P. 
Published: September 2007

PurposeThe aim of this paper is to provide a validated theoretical framework for the measurement of office productivity.Design/methodology/approachThe study's strength is that it is based on two sizable data sets. The data collected consists of data about the physical characteristics of the office environment and data pertaining to the behavioural environment.FindingsOne of the key contributions of this study was the development of the components of office productivity, which were: comfort, office layout, informal interaction points, environmental services, designated areas, interaction and distraction. The components were reduced to four in preparation for subsequent analysis. The four distinct components were comfort, office layout, interaction and distraction.Originality/valueThis study establishes that it is the behavioural environment that has the greatest impact on office productivity. It demonstrates that it is the dynamic elements of the office environment, interaction and distraction that are perceived as having the greatest positive and negative influences on self assessed productivity.
The financing and abandonment options in Chinese real estate development projects
Authors: Ke Changwen , Wang Zongjun , Cheng Guo 
Published: September 2007

PurposeThis paper has the purpose of looking into the role that financing and abandonment options play in the value of Chinese real estate development projects.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is based on library research, which is used to support and extend the authors' personal knowledge and experience.FindingsThe paper finds that financing and abandonment options create important value in the real estate projects of China, and produce enormous profits for the developers.Practical implicationsThe paper indicates that the Chinese government should improve the legislative and regulatory frameworks to control excessive value produced by the financing and abandonment options, and restrict the ability of developers to amass social wealth by exploiting legal loopholes.Originality/valueThe paper examines the financing and abandonment options embedded in Chinese real estate development projects, measures the specific value of the two options based on a case study, and analyzes some factors affecting the value of the two options.
The vision of integrated IP‐based building systems
Authors: Maile Tobias , Fischer Martin , Huijbregts Rick 
Published: September 2007

PurposeThis paper aims to share the vision of integrated building systems based on internet protocol (IP) based on the presentations and facilitated discussions at the BuilConn: Cisco's Connected Real Estate Roundtable in Spring 2006.Design/methodology/approachBased on the observation of the BuilConn Conference Roundtable and related literature, this paper lays out requirements to support IP‐ and computer‐based integration of building systems.FindingsThe authors detail the value proposition, challenges, and related engineering and business transformations of integrated building systems. While cost savings, new advanced services, and flexibility in building operations are the major benefits, the main challenges are the missing awareness and knowledge in the building industry, the educational gap among real estate professionals and owners, the implementation of appropriate security, the use of intelligent building technology, performance and cost saving issues, specific problems for building renovation projects, and the realization of reliable critical building operations. Furthermore, the balance between IP and non‐IP devices, benefits of the IP itself, and the need for more elaborate standards were discussed at the Roundtable. The Roundtable participants identified the following critical transformations within the building project environment to make integrated IP‐based building systems a reality: more flexible design, construction, and facility management contracts, earlier involvement of integration experts, and more flexibility in today's design process.Practical implicationsThe participants felt that only when these transformations are accomplished and the mentioned challenges resolved will companies be able to take full advantage of the benefits and realize the vision of integrated IP‐based building systems.Originality/valueThis paper summarizes the presentations and facilitated discussions at the Roundtable, which have, so far, only been accessible to the roundtable participants, and provides a reflecting point of view of participants from the building industry, building owners, and academic representatives on strategic and operational issues around IP‐based building systems.
Opportunity costs and spectrum reform
Authors: Akalu Rajen 
Published: September 2007

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to characterise opportunity cost associated with the development of spectrum.Design/methodology/approachDifferential Ricardian rent theory is used in the paper to explain the relationship between the development of spectrum along internal and external margins. Opportunity cost is introduced to characterise the link between spectrum and spectrum substitutes.FindingsThe study finds that workable strategies for spectrum reform require that economic externalities be internalised. Opportunity cost considerations can serve to improve spectrum management policy by justifying policy constraints and distribute the spectrum to the user with the best relative use.Research limitations/implicationsRicardian rent theory assumes that the “best” spectrum would be utilised first. In addition, there is no objective value‐based unit of spectrum and this limits the efficacy of Ricardo's theory.Practical implicationsThe paper provides a more coherent explanation spectrum development and the spectrum management reform process.Originality/valueThe study provides a model for policy makers to introduce incremental change in the advent of novel wireless technologies
When public meets private: conflicts in information policy
Authors: De Saulles Martin 
Published: September 2007

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore some of the policy debates surrounding the commercial reuse of public sector information. It aims to provide an overview of these discussions in the light of the 2003 EU Directive on this matter and the UK's implementation in the form of the 2005 Reuse of Public Sector Information Regulations. It also aims to argue that there is an inherent conflict of interest between the UK policy of making public sector information more freely available and the financial targets imposed by government on some of the key producers of this information.Design/methodology/approachThe discussions presented in this paper draw on secondary academic and commercial research carried out in Europe and the USA. Primary analysis of the financial accounts of public bodies is also utilised to consider the potential conflicts of interest between revenue generation and information dissemination.FindingsThe evidence presented suggests that the sale of information collected by a number of key public bodies and the financial targets that are set by HM Treasury for them are a barrier to innovation within the private sector and to the wider development of an information society.Practical implicationsThis research provides useful evidence for developers of UK information policies within the context of stimulating the development of a more vibrant information economy.Originality/valueThis is the first attempt to combine the financial analysis of UK public accounts with discussions about the commercial reuse of public sector information.
3G mobile telecommunications licenses in Europe: a critical review
Authors: Gruber Harald 
Published: September 2007

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to make a critical review of the introduction of first third generation (3G) mobile services and the evolution of market structure. It aims to look for reasons for the poor market performance of 3G.Design/methodology/approachThe study analyses market data from 17 Western European countries and tests propositions with statistical methods.FindingsThe paper finds that there is evidence in support of to the “overbidding” hypothesis, i.e. license fees determined in auctions were higher than ultimately compatible with the originally envisaged market structure based on the n+1 rule. 3G markets therefore are more concentrated than 2G markets. The correct design of market structure is crucial for accelerating the speed of introduction of 3G services: the speed increases with the number of licenses granted, but decreases with the number of idle licenses. Auctions are not superior to other methods with respect to speed of innovation.Originality/valueThis is the first study of this kind and should be read by academics or practitioners dealing with regulation, spectrum licensing and technology forecasting.
Telecommunications expenditure potential of Korean households and income turning point
Authors: Bae Seoung‐Hun , Shin Minsoo 
Published: September 2007

PurposeThe growth of telecommunications spending is the single most vital factor for continuity of the virtuous circle in the overall information communications technology (ICT) industry. This article aims to attempt to gauge the future telecommunications expenditure potential of Korean households by adopting the Kuznets curve which considers the income turning point.Design/methodology/approachThis study begins by examining the structural pattern of household telecommunications expenditures, and then analyzes them using the fully modified least squares estimation method. Household survey raw data collected on a quarterly basis between 1982 and 2005 were used.FindingsThe paper finds that the Korean telecommunication market has grown at a high pace and adopted new technologies quickly. Most previous studies on the Korean telecommunication market have predicted that growth will continue on the basis of the past trend of continuous growth in consumer communications service expenditure, and the technological innovations which have rapidly taken place in the industry over recent years. However, the research paper finds various interesting points that contradict the prediction.Research limitations/implicationsThe main research limitation is the range of telecommunication expenditures. The main idea was to examine the relationship between household income and communications expenditure based on the concept of Kuznets hypotheses and to calculate an income turning point to measure spending potential.Practical implicationsThe case of Korea offers implications for other countries that are putting in special efforts to manage the telecommunications service market.Originality/valueThe Kuznets hypotheses have never before been utilized in gauging consumers' expenditure potential in the ICT industry, and therefore the process and results discussed in this paper can be classed as pioneering.
Cable consolidation and deployment of advanced broadband service
Authors: Seo Sangho 
Published: September 2007

PurposeThe primary purpose of this study is to examine the implications of consolidation in the US cable industry in terms of deployment of advanced broadband services in local markets.Design/methodology/approachThis study estimates a cable operator's deployment of advanced broadband services using a binary probit model of profits from advance broadband services.FindingsThis study finds that larger and more powerful multiple system operators are limited in the transfer of efficiency deployment of advanced broadband services in local markets; therefore, the implications of the efficiency of horizontal integration do not have significant meaning.Originality/valuePrevious literature examined the relationship between horizontal integration, rates and the quality of traditional video services. By examining the relationship between horizontal integration and deployment of advanced cable services in local markets and making a policy suggestion for further consolidations in the US cable industry, this study fills a gap in extant cable industry research.
Internet topology measurements for identifying and understanding policy issues
Authors: Kaart Marnix , Vrancken Jos , Vree Wim 
Published: September 2007

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to argue that insight into internet topology at various levels of aggregation is necessary for identifying and understanding policy issues in the areas of fair competition, reliability and performance in the internet.Design/methodology/approachUsing three areas of social concern in relation to the global information infrastructure as a context, the paper provides some theoretical examples, supported by case examples, which show the importance of gaining insight into internet topology.FindingsThe paper finds that proper detectors for internet policy are lacking and insight into the topology of the internet is needed. The only feasible way of obtaining this insight is by topology measurements, but still some fundamental pathologies in the available measurement tools and techniques need to be overcome. All internet topologies published to date suffer from these limitations and their use for identifying internet policy is limited.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper provides a general overview of importance and limitations. Future research should be focused on increasing the usability of internet topology by solving fundamental issues in the area of internet topology measurement.Practical implicationsThe availability of high‐quality internet topology maps at various levels of aggregation would dramatically improve one's ability to identify and understand certain policy issues in the internet.Originality/valueIn policy analysis it is often ignored that certain policy issues have their base in the internet infrastructure and knowledge of this infrastructure is limited. In internet topology research, focus is mainly on technical and operational issues and limited attention is given to the usability of inferred topology for identifying policy issues. Until now, an approach that addresses both fundamental topology research and internet policy issues in concordance has been lacking.
The impact of technological factors on information systems success in the electronic‐government context
Authors: Hussein Ramlah , Shahriza Abdul Karim Nor , Hasan Selamat Mohd 
Published: September 2007

PurposeThis study is being conducted in order to investigate the influence of technological factors on up‐stream model of Delone and McLean's IS success dimensions.Design/methodology/approachUsing a survey method, data were gathered from 201 users from four electronic government (EG) agencies in Malaysia. The technological factors were represented by IS competency, IS facilities, IS integration, IS structure and user support. The IS success dimensions used in the study were systems quality, information quality, perceived usefulness, and user satisfaction.FindingsThe findings indicate that all the technological factors are significantly correlated with the four IS success dimensions. Further analyses also found that IS competency and IS facilities were the two highest predictors of IS success, followed by IS integration. The study concludes that the technological factors investigated were very important in ensuring the successful utilization and implementation of information systems in the EG agencies.Research limitations/implicationsFuture studies should consider other attributes besides the technological factors in order to look at success in a more meaningful way. Further research should also look into the empirical studies on net benefits of IS success as included in Seddon's and DeLone and McLean's models. Also, future studies should consider other sets of setting.Practical implicationsThe findings should assist policy makers in formulating new policies on technical factors influencing systems implementation success. The study should also assist public managers to identify the key technological factors in ensuring systems effectiveness and success.Originality/valueThe study has incorporated the key technological factors as independent variables into DeLone and McLean's IS success model.