What is it about?
By late 1980s and early 1990s, work on technology-markets-consumers led by Ruby Roy Dholakia had shown that information technologies were ushering in major transformative impacts. This paper, a pioneering one, outlines and conceptualizes the emerging forces of tech-driven changes.
Featured Image
Why is it important?
While this paper has had external impact, its massive impact has been internally at the University of Rhode Island (URI); where the research on tech-markets-consumers under the direction of Ruby Roy Dholakia and supported by Nikhilesh Dholakia has led to a very significant stream of research, as evidenced in the Google Scholar pages of the two authors.
Perspectives
In the 2nd decade of the 21st century, the tech changes from mobile, virtual, and always-everything connected settings seem to be mind-numbing. It is very useful in such turbulent times to revisit and robust and classic framing of transformations outlines in this paper.
Dr Nikhilesh Dholakia
University of Rhode Island
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: The changing information business, The Columbia Journal of World Business, January 1995, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/0022-5428(95)90028-4.
You can read the full text:
Resources
Technology and Consumption - insightful book by Ruby Roy Dholakia
The work that began at the University of Rhode Island (URI) on information and communication technology markets and consumers, under the direction of Professor Ruby Roy Dholakia, has led to numerous dissertations, books, articles and other insightful and innovative outputs.
ICT work by Alladi Venkatesh
Alladi Venkatesh has consistently been a valuable connection and resource in the ICT related works pioneered and led by Ruby Roy Dholakia and Nikhilesh Dholakia
Ruby Roy Dholakia and Nir Kshetri: A pioneering study of Internet and SMEs
Internet and other communication technologies are transformative on many planes... this paper looks at changes in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This is yet another product from the pioneering work on technology-markets-consumers at the University of Rhode Island (URI) under the direction of Dr. Ruby Roy Dholakia.
Ruby Roy Dholakia: Google Scholar Page
This early paper led to a long and significant stream of research on tech-markets-consumers... see more at this portal page.
Nikhilesh Dholakia: Google Scholar Page
This early paper led to a long and significant stream of research on tech-markets-consumers... see more at this portal page.
Consumers, Curators, and Curiousness: A New E-Biz+Physical-Biz model
Reviewing, recommending and sharing are popular online activities that shape platforms, social sites, and merchant sites. This venture, State X State, illustrates a new twist that combines e-biz and physical travel and tourism, as well as e-shopping. It uses the approach of curated selection and presentation of sights, activities, places, happenings, merchants and products.
ICT evolution continues: Apple Watch
The pioneering ideas proposed by Nikhilesh Dholakia and Ruby Roy Dholakia in this 1995 article continue to play out, in various forms, even two decades later. For example, a look at the features and impacts of Apple Watch echo many of the themes from this early paper.
ICT evolution continues: Mobile Media
The pioneering ideas proposed by Nikhilesh Dholakia and Ruby Roy Dholakia in this 1995 article continue to play out, in various forms, even two decades later. For example, new mobile device and service innovations echo many of the themes from this early paper.
ICT evolution continues: DJI - AT&T out, Apple in
The pioneering ideas proposed by Nikhilesh Dholakia and Ruby Roy Dholakia in this 1995 article continue to play out, in various forms, even two decades later. For example, the ejection of “old tech” AT&T from Dow Jones, and Apple’s induction, echo many of the themes from this early paper.
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
