Designing, managing and evaluating a social network based Information City for innovation success

Author

Prashanth Kannan

Abstract

"This thesis presents the design, implementation and evaluation of a Social Network based Information City that provides the participants with opportunities of finding social support, establishing new social or business contacts, starting collaborative projects, and exchanging social capital or resources. The focus of this study is twofold. First, this study investigates how Social Network theories can be used to design and manage a web-based Information City that connects entrepreneurs to influential factors of innovation that consequently enhances the innovation process. The second part focuses on applying a Balanced Scorecard framework, a strategic management system, to the web-based Information City to monitor, and articulate the value the community delivers through user interaction and participation in community ties, and to assess the performance of the network and suggest improvements"--Abstract, page iii.

Advisor(s)

Lea, Bih-Ru
Yu, Vincent (Wen-Bin)

Committee Member(s)

Leopold, Jennifer

Department(s)

Computer Science

Degree Name

M.S. in Computer Science

Sponsor(s)

National Science Foundation (U.S.)

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Publication Date

Spring 2006

Pagination

ix, 135 pages

Rights

© 2006 Prashanth Kannan, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Citation

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

Business networksComputer networks -- Social aspectsSocial networksStrategic planning

Thesis Number

T 8957

Print OCLC #

84543277

Recommended Citation

Kannan, Prashanth, "Designing, managing and evaluating a social network based Information City for innovation success" (2006). Masters Theses. 5936.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/5936