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Publication date: 10 December 2018

Jakob Müllner and Igor Filatotchev

In this chapter, the authors review emerging literature on multidimensional, information age-related phenomena across different disciplines to derive common themes and topics. The…

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In this chapter, the authors review emerging literature on multidimensional, information age-related phenomena across different disciplines to derive common themes and topics. The authors then proceed to analyse recent developments in these fields to provide an interdisciplinary overview of the most disruptive challenges for multinational companies (MNCs) competing in the modern information age. These challenges include more efficient peer-to-peer communication between stakeholders, crowd-organisation, globalisation of value chains and the need to organise knowledge resources. The aim of the chapter is not to review all age research, but to identify fundamental uncertainties for MNCs and discuss strategies of tackling such information age phenomena from an international business perspective.

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Publication date: 1 October 1988

Hugh Ryan

It has become almost a cliché to note that we live in the information age. Yet, despite this, it is, in fact, a key point in looking at our times and business. In the agricultural…

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It has become almost a cliché to note that we live in the information age. Yet, despite this, it is, in fact, a key point in looking at our times and business. In the agricultural age, the key product and the shape of society was set by agriculture. In the industrial age, once again, the shape of society and the way we view it and the key product of the age were the industrial products. Thus, this being the information age has a key implication for us in that, if this is the information age, then the most important product of our time is information. This strange product, information, is what future generations will view us by. The production of information will shape our society and the shape of those things we value.

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Aslib Proceedings, vol. 40 no. 10
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0001-253X

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Publication date: 1 November 1999

David Lennon

As we have developed through the ages, tools have always been the key to adding value to both individuals and society. Information and knowledge are the high‐value tools of the…

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As we have developed through the ages, tools have always been the key to adding value to both individuals and society. Information and knowledge are the high‐value tools of the present age. The rise of the Internet has led to a preoccupation with “free” information services. This article looks at how “free” information really is and whether we can continue to expect high‐quality information to be available without cost.

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Aslib Proceedings, vol. 51 no. 9
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0001-253X

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Book part
Publication date: 19 September 2019

Kristen Lane and Sidney J. Levy

Advances in information technology have enabled consumers to connect and communicate as they never have before. This chapter conceptualizes information and the digital machines…

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Advances in information technology have enabled consumers to connect and communicate as they never have before. This chapter conceptualizes information and the digital machines that enable contemporary connection and communication as being part of a “Moveable Feast.” A brief historical review tracing the impact and evolution of information technology on consumers’ lives and the marketplace is first provided. Culminating the historical review is a metaphorical description of the current period as a “Moveable Feast” of information, whereby consumers and digital machines interact to create and share information “dishes” with other consumers worldwide. With this guiding metaphor in place, current marketing-relevant information phenomena are described within a framework of three important digital dyads proposed to exist between humans and machines. Deep discussion of machine–machine, human–machine, and human–human dyads points to the importance of information as a resource that consumers create and exchange in the contemporary marketplace. This chapter concludes by encouraging marketers and marketing researchers to consider the impact and importance of digital information and information technology on consumers’ ability to connect and communicate with digital machines and with one another.

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Marketing in a Digital World
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78756-339-1

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Article
Publication date: 1 February 1981

Betty Turock

While most age groups in the United States show zero or near zero growth, older adults continue to increase in population. Futurists and demographers suggest that we are in a…

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While most age groups in the United States show zero or near zero growth, older adults continue to increase in population. Futurists and demographers suggest that we are in a transitional period prior to an even more intense shift to an older society. They project that current increases in the education, income, activity, and advocacy of older adults will continue. Those rises, in turn, will enable elders to enhance public awareness of their development, role, and plight, leading to political and social action more favorable to them.

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Collection Building, vol. 3 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0160-4953

Article
Publication date: 13 October 2020

Gianluigi Guido, Marco Pichierri, Cristian Rizzo, Verdiana Chieffi and George Moschis

The purpose of this study is to review scholarly research on elderly consumers’ information processing and suggest implications for services marketing.

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Purpose

The purpose of this study is to review scholarly research on elderly consumers’ information processing and suggest implications for services marketing.

Design/methodology/approach

The review encompasses a five-decade period (1970–2018) of academic research and presents relevant literature in four main areas related to information processing: sensation, attention, interpretation and memory.

Findings

The study illustrates how each of the aforementioned phases of the information processing activity may affect how elderly individuals buy and consume products and services, emphasizing the need for a better comprehension of the elderly to develop effectual marketing strategies.

Originality/value

The study provides readers with detailed state-of-the-art knowledge about older consumers’ information processing, offering a comprehensive review of academic research that companies can use to improve the effectiveness of their marketing efforts that target the elderly market.

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Journal of Services Marketing, vol. 35 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0887-6045

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Article
Publication date: 17 October 2022

Ha-Yeon Jang and Young-Min Lee

The rapid proliferation of digital devices, population aging, and acceleration of digital technology adoption due to the COVID-19 pandemic have increased the need for information

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The rapid proliferation of digital devices, population aging, and acceleration of digital technology adoption due to the COVID-19 pandemic have increased the need for information education for older adults to prevent inter-generational conflicts and digital alienation. This study aims to analyze the information technology (IT) education programs provided to older adults by age group, considering their heterogeneity.

Design/methodology/approach

This study identifies IT education programs provided by public institutions in Seoul and target age groups (50 and above) through a survey using triangulation, which were then sorted and summarized into 27 keywords. Correspondence analysis was conducted using the keywords derived for the programs and age groups.

Findings

IT education programs in the age group 60 and above accounted for 75.2% of the programs offered, which increased to 90% when including those aged 55 and above. Particularly, the perceptual map created based on relationship correlations indicates which IT education program keywords matched each age group. The Seoul Metropolitan Government primarily offered these programs for older adults aged 60 and above, with 5–7.5 times more education programs for those aged 60 and above than for those aged 50 and above or 55 and above. Therefore, IT education must be more evenly provided to more diverse age groups among older adults to reflect the current situation.

Originality/value

This study contributes to the literature by proposing a future direction for IT education of older adults. Moreover, it has implications for the direction of IT education to target various age groups in IT education programs, thus enabling older adults to effectively enhance their digital literacy skills during the rapid digitalization caused by COVID-19.

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Asian Education and Development Studies, vol. 12 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2046-3162

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Book part
Publication date: 8 January 2021

Nneka Chinaemerem Agim and Ngozi Maria Nwaohiri

Information users of all categories find it difficult to search information especially in this electronic age. To access information, the user has to know the necessary commands…

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Information users of all categories find it difficult to search information especially in this electronic age. To access information, the user has to know the necessary commands to use when searching for any information electronically. The study discussed the concept of digital literacy, Classification of Understanding the information user in electronic Age, Studies dealing with Information need and challenges of the information user in the electronic age. Suggestions on how to reach out efficiently and effectively to users were made.

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Examining the impact of industry 4.0 on academic libraries
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-80043-656-5

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Publication date: 30 July 2018

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Marketing Management in Turkey
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78714-558-0

Article
Publication date: 1 February 2002

Jeremy Galbreath

Today, we are at one of those rare inflection points along the path of human economic development. As the Industrial Age gave way to the Information Age, so now the Information Age

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Today, we are at one of those rare inflection points along the path of human economic development. As the Industrial Age gave way to the Information Age, so now the Information Age has given way to the Relationship Age. Relationship Age economies, rather than based on raw materials or information, are based on the “hidden” assets of the firm, otherwise known as intangible assets. Intangible assets comprise the majority of a firm’s market value and the majority of intangible assets constitute the value contained within relationships: relationships with customers, employees, partners and suppliers. To find success in the Relationship Age and to drive sustainable market value, firms will need to develop a balanced approach in goal setting, quality programs and management techniques to grow and maximize their most important capital store, relationship assets.

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The TQM Magazine, vol. 14 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0954-478X

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