Web 2.0 usage in Industries - Research Proposal

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My research proposal for researching the difference usage of Web 2.0 across industries.

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Web 2.0 Usage in IndustriesA comparison study of the travel, retail and health industries

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Research Proposal

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• Research Team• Research Topic• Research Question• Research Approach

– RQ1: What is Web 2.0– RQ2: B2C Interaction Model– RQ3: Web 2.0 Usage in Industries– RQ4: Model Development– RQ5: Model Validation

• Contact Information

Contents

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•Accenture Information Management Services

– Sjoerd BlauwManagement of Technology

•Faculty Technology Policy and Management, TuDelft

Research Team

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Research Topic

•The difference in Web 2.0 usage in different industries for business to consumer interaction and user participation is the topic of this explorative research with as result a model as guidance for new Web 2.0 implementations.

Travel

- Rating of Hotels

- Price comparison

Health

- Communities

- Share experiences

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Research Questions

To what degree can the differences and commonalities of Web 2.0 business to consumer interaction between the travel, retail and health industries be represented into a model?

1. What is Web 2.0?2. What types of business to consumer interaction can be distinguished in

relation to Web 2.0?3. How is Web 2.0 used for interaction by companies in the different

industries?4. What are the differences and commonalities between the cases and

can this be visualized into a model?5. How is the model evaluated by Accenture?

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Research Approach

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RQ1: What is Web 2.0

•Literature study

• Industry specific Web 2.0

•Product:– Description Web 2.0– Operationalization of Web 2.0

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RQ2: B2C Interaction Model

•Analyze general cases•Taxonomy of usage

•Product:– Interaction taxonomy

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RQ3: Web 2.0 Usage in Industries

•Table for data gathering– Rows: industries and company types– Columns: interaction model elements– Cells: cases

•Product:– Cases described implementation of usage

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RQ4: Model Development

•Generate radar plots from data•Grouping of similarities in table

•Product:– Model (simplified table)

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RQ5: Model Validation

•Expert review

•Product:– Validated Model

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Contact Information

•Sjoerd Blauw– E-mail: [email protected]– Website: http://www.sjoerdblauw.nl – Twitter:

http://www.twitter.com/sjoerdblauw