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서비스 지향 아키텍처를 위한 컴포넌트기반 시스템의 서비스 식별 (Service Identification of Component-Based System for Service-Oriented Architecture)

  • 이현주;최병주;이정원
    • 한국정보과학회논문지:소프트웨어및응용
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    • 제35권2호
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    • pp.70-80
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    • 2008
  • 서비스 지향 아키텍처(Service Oriented Architecture)는 기업 인프라의 복잡성 및 유지비용을 최소화하고, 기업의 생산성과 유연성을 극대화할 수 있는 것으로, 경영환경이 빠르게 급변하는 최근에 떠오른 이슈이다. 엔터프라이즈 수준에서 서비스 지향 아키텍처를 도입하는 전략은 조직의 비즈니스 프로세스를 정의하고 이에 필요한 서비스를 모델링하여, 필요한 서비스를 찾아내거나 개발하는 하향식 전략이 대부분이다. 그러나 대부분의 조직은 SOA를 도입하면서도 기존에 사용하던 컴포넌트 시스템을 최대한 재사용할 수 있기를 바라고 있다. 본 논문에서는 이미 개발된 컴포넌트 기반 시스템에서 입출력 데이타가 아닌 GUI 이벤트 정보를 이용하여 상향식 방법으로, 서비스 재사용성과 유지보수성을 고려하면서 비즈니스 서비스 모델에 적합한 크기의 서비스를 식별할 수 있는 방법을 제안한다. 본 논문에서 제안한 방법은 실제 129개의 GUI와 13개의 컴포넌트를 가진 경영정보시스템에 적용한 결과 기존의 컴포넌트를 기준으로 서비스를 식별하는 것보다 결합도가 5배정도로 약해지면서 3개의 서비스가 명확히 구분되었고, 식별 후 연관관계에 따른 문제점도 약 49%정도 줄어드는 것을 보였다.

지하수위 저하가 지반함몰에 미치는 영향에 관한 실험적 연구 (Experimental Study on Influence of Ground Collapse due to Ground Water Level Lowering)

  • 김숙자;정관수
    • 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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    • 제19권11호
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    • pp.23-30
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    • 2018
  • 최근 지반사고 발생통계에 따르면 도심지를 중심으로 지반함몰 및 침하발생 빈도수가 매년 증가하고 있어 사회적으로 문제가 되고 있다. 이 연구는 지반공동현상 실내모형실험을 통해 지하수위 변동과 지반함몰과의 연관성을 규명하고자 하였다. 화강풍화토와 표준사를 1:1로 혼합한 후 상대다짐도 30%, 50%, 80%로 사질지반을 조성하고, 지하수위 변화에 따른 토사유출량의 변화를 비교분석하였다. 사용재료의 물리적 특성은 입도분포가 양호한 모래질로서 최대건조단위중량 $1.94kg/cm^3$, 내부마찰각 $37^{\circ}$로 조성하였다. 하단으로부터 10cm, 20cm, 30cm 높이에 지하수위를 조성한 후 유출량을 분석하였다. 실험결과 지하수위가 높을수록 유출속도가 증가하며, 시간에 따른 공동의 크기도 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 시간에 따른 토사의 누적유출량은 35분 경과 후 최대 30kg까지 발생하였으며, 지하수 하강에 따른 토사유출로 인해 지반함몰 범위가 증가한 것을 확인하였다.

Exploring sustainable resources utilization: Interlink between food waste generation and water resources conservation

  • Adelodun, Bashir;Choi, Kyung-Sook
    • 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국수자원학회 2019년도 학술발표회
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    • pp.232-232
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    • 2019
  • The persistence of drought periods and water scarcity is a growing public concern, as climate change projections indicate a more critical scenario in the future. The sustainability of water resources for the increasing population, and to ensuring crop production will unarguably be a daunting task for the water resources managers, with a projected 9.8 billion people by 2050 as well as the need to increase food production by 70 to 100%. Consequently, there is a need for significant irrigation water use for more crop production in the face of stiff competition among water users. However, the available natural resources are already over-constrained, and the allocation of more resources for food production is not feasible. Currently, about two-thirds of global water withdrawer is used by the agricultural sector while 48% of water resources in Korea is used for agricultural production. Despite the apparent ecological deficit and unfavorable conditions of resources utilization, a staggering amount of food waste occurs in the country. Moreover, wastage of food translates to waste of all the resources involved in the food production including water resources. Food waste can also be considered a serious potential for economic and environmental problems. Hence, exploring an alternative approach to efficient resources utilization in a more sustainable way can ensure considerable resources conservation. We hypothesized that reducing food waste will decline the demand for food production and consequently reduce the pressure on water resources. We investigated the food wastage across the food supply chain using the top-down datasets based on the FAO mass balance model. Furthermore, the water footprint of the estimated food wastage was assessed using the representative of selected food crops. The study revealed that the average annual food wastage across the food supply chain is 9.05 million tonnes, signifying 0.51 kg/capita/day and 48% of domestic food production. Similarly, an average of 6.29 Gm3 per annum of water resources was lost to food wastage, which translates to 40% of the total allotted water resources for agriculture in the country. These considerable resources could have been conserved or efficiently used for other purposes. This study demonstrated that zero food waste generation would significantly reduce the impact on freshwater resources and ensure its conservation. There is a need for further investigation on the food waste study using the bottom-up approach, specifically at the consumer food waste, since the top-down approach is based on estimations and many assumptions were made.

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Exploring sustainable resources utilization: Interlink between food waste generation and water resources conservation

  • Adelodun, Bashir;Choi, Kyung-Sook
    • 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국수자원학회 2019년도 학술발표회
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    • pp.408-408
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    • 2019
  • The persistence of drought periods and water scarcity is a growing public concern, as climate change projections indicate a more critical scenario in the future. The sustainability of water resources for the increasing population, and to ensuring crop production will unarguably be a daunting task for the water resources managers, with a projected 9.8 billion people by 2050 as well as the need to increase food production by 70 to 100%. Consequently, there is a need for significant irrigation water use for more crop production in the face of stiff competition among water users. However, the available natural resources are already over-constrained, and the allocation of more resources for food production is not feasible. Currently, about two-thirds of global water withdrawer is used by the agricultural sector while 48% of water resources in Korea is used for agricultural production. Despite the apparent ecological deficit and unfavorable conditions of resources utilization, a staggering amount of food waste occurs in the country. Moreover, wastage of food translates to waste of all the resources involved in the food production including water resources. Food waste can also be considered a serious potential for economic and environmental problems. Hence, exploring an alternative approach to efficient resources utilization in a more sustainable way can ensure considerable resources conservation. We hypothesized that reducing food waste will decline the demand for food production and consequently reduce the pressure on water resources. We investigated the food wastage across the food supply chain using the top-down datasets based on the FAO mass balance model. Furthermore, the water footprint of the estimated food wastage was assessed using the representative of selected food crops. The study revealed that the average annual food wastage across the food supply chain is 9.05 million tonnes, signifying 0.51 kg/capita/day and 48% of domestic food production. Similarly, an average of $6.29Gm^3$ per annum of water resources was lost to food wastage, which translates to 40% of the total allotted water resources for agriculture in the country. These considerable resources could have been conserved or efficiently used for other purposes. This study demonstrated that zero food waste generation would significantly reduce the impact on freshwater resources and ensure its conservation. There is a need for further investigation on the food waste study using the bottom-up approach, specifically at the consumer food waste, since the top-down approach is based on estimations and many assumptions were made.

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유입량 변화에 따른 도심지 내 우수저류조 관망시스템의 안정성 검토 (Hydraulic Stability Examination of Rainwater Reservoir Pipe Network System on Various Inflow Conditions)

  • 유형주;김동현;맹승진;이승오
    • 한국방재안전학회논문집
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    • 제12권4호
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    • pp.1-13
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    • 2019
  • 최근 기후변화로 인해 강우강도 및 빈도의 증가에 따른 국지성 집중호우의 피해가 증가함에 따라 초기 우수에 대응할 수 있는 시설물 설치가 필요한 실정이다. 이를 위해, 빗물을 직접 유출하지 않고 저류 시키는 저영향 개발(Low Impact Development)기법을 적용한 시설물 설계 및 수치모형을 이용한 유출저감효과 검토에 관한 연구가 많이 진행되어 왔다. 그러나 대부분의 연구는 유출저감효과에 대한 검토만 수행된 반면, 시설물에 유입되는 유량에 의한 흐름특성 변화 검토 및 안정성 검토에 관한 연구는 미비한 실정이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 LID 기법이 많이 적용되고 있는 회전교차로를 대상으로 하여, 회전교차로 내의 우수저류조의 관망시스템의 안정성 검토를 3차원 수치모형인 FLOW-3D를 사용하여 검토하였다. 또한 우수저류조의 최적의 설계방안 도출을 위하여 우수저류조의 수를 증가하여 용량증가에 따른 유속과 동압의 변화를 검토하고 설계기준과 비교하였다. 우수저류조의 제원 및 유입유량은 선행연구에서 제시된 값을 적용하여 수치모의를 수행한 결과, 유속은 저류조 설치개소 수가 증가할수록 빨라지는 것을 확인하였고, 대부분 설계기준 범위 안에 유속이 형성되는 것을 확인하였다. 다만 추가 저류조가 3개 이상일 경우는 추가저류조관에서 유속이 3.44 m/s가 발생하여 설계유속의 허용범위를 초과하였고, 유속의 증가율도 일정해지는 것으로 나타났다. 난류강도 및 바닥전단력 비교의 경우, 저류조 설치 개소수가 증가함에 따라 바닥전단력이 한계소류력보다 크게 나타나 유입토사의 침전은 발생하지 않을 것으로 예상되나 난류강도의 크기가 작아져 플록(Floc)형성으로 인한 토사 침전이 발생할 수 있음을 고려해야한다. 최종적으로 유속을 이용한 동압 산정 결과를 우수관 설계에 일반적으로 사용되는 압력관의 허용내압과 비교하였을 경우, 동압이 허용내압보다 작게 나타났다. 이를 통하여 본 연구에서 제안한 우수저류조 제원으로 설계할 경우 추가 저류조를 2개까지 설치하는 것이 가장 적합한 것으로 나타났다. 이는 저류조를 계속하여 설치하게 되면 배수가 원활해져 관내 유속이 빨라지고, 유속증가로 인하여 관의 마모손상 등의 문제가 일어날 수 있기 때문이다. 그러나 본 연구는 저류조의 제원 및 우수의 유입량을 가정하였고, 단순히 저류조를 추가하여 저류조 설계방안을 도출한 한계점이 있어 향후에는 다양한 저류조 형태 및 우수유입 시나리오를 적용하여 검토한다면 보다 효율적인 설계방안 도출이 가능할 것으로 기대된다.

용문산 산악지역의 봄철 기온특성 (Characteristics of Springtime Temperature Within Mt. Youngmun Valley)

  • 천지민;김규랑;이선용;강위수;최종문;홍순성;박종선;박은우;김용삼;최영진;정현숙
    • 한국농림기상학회지
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    • 제16권1호
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    • pp.39-50
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    • 2014
  • 본 연구는 경기도 양평군 용문면 연수리 계곡에서 관측을 통하여 봄철 용문산 계곡의 온도 및 바람의 시공간적인 특성을 밝히고자 하였다. 2012년 3월부터 5월까지 기온 및 2, 3차원 바람을 관측하고 자료를 수집하였다. 연수리 계곡의 집중관측 자료를 분석한 결과, 용문산의 전기간 평균 기온감률은 $-0.44^{\circ}C$/100m이며 맑은 날($-0.48^{\circ}C$/100m), 강수일($-0.41^{\circ}C$/100m, 흐린 날($-0.40^{\circ}C$/100m) 순으로 기온감률이 낮아지는 것을 알 수 있었다. 기온상승률은 산 정상부분($0.89^{\circ}C$/1시간)에서 탁월한 대기와의 혼합효과에 의한 영향으로 계곡하부($1.45^{\circ}C$/1시간)보다 낮게 나타난다. 맑은 날 야간에는 산사면을 따라 냉각된 공기가 흘러내리는 현상이 온도와 바람장을 통해 확인하였다. 또한 계곡 저지대로부터 100-300m사이에서 온난대 형성도 확인 할 수 있었다. 산정상과 계곡하부에서 측정한 고도별 온도분포의 관측결과 계곡하부에서는 지면으로 부터 1.5m까지 지면의 영향을 받는 냉기층이 존재함을 알 수 있었다. 관측 높이별 바람분포를 관측한 결과 풍속은 높은 곳(3.5m)에서 강하며 비슷한 고도에 위치한 지점이어도 종관풍의 영향을 많이 받는 지점은 국지적인 바람의 패턴이 뚜렷하게 나타나지 않고 있었다.

서남해안 갯벌의 세계유산 등재를 위한 보호 및 관리체계 연구 (A Study on the Protection and Management System of the Southwestern Coast Tidal Flat for Inscription in the World Heritage List)

  • 문경오
    • 헤리티지:역사와 과학
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    • 제48권3호
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    • pp.80-95
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    • 2015
  • 본 연구의 목적은 서남해안 갯벌의 보호 및 관리 체계 모델을 제시함으로써 세계유산 신청을 위한 효율적인 보호 및 관리 체계를 구축하는데 있다. 서남해안 갯벌은 유네스코 세계유산에서 강조하고 있는 탁월한 보편적 가치에 대한 잠재적 가능성을 가지고 있다고 판단된다. 서남해안의 갯벌이 세계유산으로 등재되어 체계적으로 관리된다면 자연자원의 현명한 사용(wise use)을 통한 인간과 자연의 조화에 의해 전 세계 모든 인류가 지향해야할 지속가능한 발전을 이룩하는 대표적인 모범 사례가 될 수 있을 것이다. 이러한 관점에서 현재 서남해안 갯벌 대상지역의 보호 및 관리체계를 조사하고, 해외 유사 유산의 관리 사례 조사를 통해 서남해안 갯벌의 관리방향과 체계를 위한 현재의 관리정책을 수정하고 보완사항을 도출하여 우리의 실정에 맞는 모델을 제시하는 것은 세계유산 등재 추진을 위해 반드시 필요한 일이다. 서남해안 갯벌에 해당되는 전체 잠정목록 대상지에 대한 조사 결과, 세계유산의 보호를 위한 합리적인 관리체계를 개발하기 위해서는 보호지역의 추가 지정 및 확대가 필요한 상태이다. 또한 현재의 관리체계는 등재 추진부서(예 : 문화관광과)와 실제 갯벌 관리부서(예 : 해양수산과)로 이원화되어 있다는 문제점이 있다. 이러한 관리부서의 이원화는 세계유산을 합리적으로 추진하기 위한 중장기적인 관리계획을 수립하고 단위사업을 수행하고, 또한 향후 세계유산을 효율적으로 관리하기에 상당한 문제를 야기할 수 있다. 따라서 서남해안 갯벌의 세계유산 등재를 위해서는 보호지역의 확대와 지자체별 이원화된 관리체계의 통합, 그리고 중장기적 통합관리 계획을 수립하는 것이 필요하다. 이를 위해서는 서남해안 갯벌의 효율적이고 지속가능한 보호 및 관리를 위한 관 학 민 NGOs 등 다양한 이해 당사자들의 통합을 위한 협업체계를 구축하는 것이 필수적이다. 즉, 와덴해의 사례와 같이 민관산학의 협의체를 구성하여 유산의 보호 및 관리의 핵심주체인 지역주민의 토착지식과 의견을 기반으로 다양한 이해 당사자들의 의견을 모아, 이를 지역 또는 국가의 정책으로 입안하여 채택하는 상향식 구조를 갖는 것이 필요하다. 중장기적 관점의 통합계획에 있어서는 서남해안 갯벌의 자연 문화유산 보전 및 관리 통합계획 '서남해안 갯벌의 자연과 문화유산 보전 및 관리 통합계획(Integrated Plan for Conservation and Management on Natural and Cultural Heritages in Southwestern Coast Tidal Flat)'의 수립을 제안한다.

오픈 소스 개발자들의 참여 의도 강화 기제 및 참여 지속 의도에 관한 연구: 사회 정체성 이론과 조직시민행동 이론에 기반하여 (The Reinforcing Mechanism of Sustaining Participations in Open Source Software Developers: Based on Social Identity Theory and Organizational Citizenship Behavior Theory)

  • 최정홍;최주희;이혜선;황보환;이인성;김진우
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • 제23권3호
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    • pp.1-23
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    • 2013
  • Open Source Software Development (OSSD) differentiates itself from traditional closed software development in that it reveals its source codes online and allows anyone to participate in projects. Even though its success was in doubt, many of the open collaborative working models produced successful results. Academia started to get interested in how developers are willing to participate even when there are no extrinsic rewards for their efforts. Many studies tried to explain developers' motivations, and the pursuit of ideology, reputation, and altruism are found to be the answers. Those studies, however, focused mostly on how the first contribution is made out of a certain motivation. Nowadays, OSSD reaches at its maturity and 70% of professional developers have used or utilized open source software or code in their works. As the proportion of people experiencing OSS, the accounts from previous studies are expected to be weakened. Also, extant literature fails to explain how the motivation of participating in OSS evolves over time and experiences. Given that changing over time or over experiences is the natural in the perception of motivation, studies in an attempt to understand how the motivation changes or evolves are in need. In this study, we aimed to explain how the perception about OSS from past usage or related experiences leads to the intention to sustain OSS participations. By doing so, we try to bridge the gap between previous studies and the actual phenomenon. We argued that perceived instrumentality about OSS learned from past experiences will first affect the formation of organizational identity towards general OSS community. And once the organizational identity is formed, it will affect the one's following behaviors related to OSS development, most likely to sustain the favoring stance toward OSS community. Our research distinguishes itself from previous one in that it divides the paths from organizational identity formed to the intention to sustain the voluntary helping behaviors, by altruistic and conforming intentions. Drawing on this structural model, we could explain how organizational identity engages in forming the sustaining intention from past experiences, and that the intention to help at individual level and organizational level works at different level in OSS community. We grounded our arguments on Social identity theory and Organizational Citizenship theory. We examined our assumption by constructing a structural equation model (SEM) and had 88 developers to answer our online surveys. The result is analyzed by PLS (partial least square) method. Consequently, all paths but one in our model are supported, the one which assumed the association between perceived instrumentality and altruistic intention. Our results provide directions in designing online collaborative platforms where open access collaboration is meant to occur. Theoretically, our study suggests that organizational citizenship behavior can occur from organizational identity, even in bottom-up organizational settings. More specifically, we also argue to consider both organizational level and individual level of motivation in inducing sustained participations within the platforms. Our result can be interpreted to indicate the importance of forming organizational identity in sustaining the participatory behaviors. It is because there was no direct association between perceived instrumentality from past experiences and altruistic behavior, but the perception of organizational identity bridges the two constructs. This means that people with no organizational identity can sustain their participations through conforming intention from only the perception of instrumentality, but it needs little more than that for the people to feel the intention to directly help someone in the community-first to form the self-identity as a member of the given community.

무리행동과 지각된 유용성이 이러닝 컨텐츠 구매의도에 미치는 영향: 구매경험에 의한 비교분석 (The Effect of Herding Behavior and Perceived Usefulness on Intention to Purchase e-Learning Content: Comparison Analysis by Purchase Experience)

  • 유철우;김용진;문정훈;최영찬
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • 제18권4호
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    • pp.105-130
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    • 2008
  • Consumers of e-learning market differ from those of other markets in that they are replaced in a specific time scale. For example, e-learning contents aimed at highschool senior students cannot be consumed by a specific consumer over the designated period of time. Hence e-learning service providers need to attract new groups of students every year. Due to lack of information on products designed for continuously emerging consumers, the consumers face difficulties in making rational decisions in a short time period. Increased uncertainty of product purchase leads customers to herding behaviors to obtain information of the product from others and imitate them. Taking into consideration of these features of e-learning market, this study will focus on the online herding behavior in purchasing e-learning contents. There is no definite concept for e-learning. However, it is being discussed in a wide range of perspectives from educational engineering to management to e-business etc. Based upon the existing studies, we identify two main view-points regarding e-learning. The first defines e-learning as a concept that includes existing terminologies, such as CBT (Computer Based Training), WBT (Web Based Training), and IBT (Internet Based Training). In this view, e-learning utilizes IT in order to support professors and a part of or entire education systems. In the second perspective, e-learning is defined as the usage of Internet technology to deliver diverse intelligence and achievement enhancing solutions. In other words, only the educations that are done through the Internet and network can be classified as e-learning. We take the second definition of e-learning for our working definition. The main goal of this study is to investigate what factors affect consumer intention to purchase e-learning contents and to identify the differential impact of the factors between consumers with purchase experience and those without the experience. To accomplish the goal of this study, it focuses on herding behavior and perceived usefulness as antecedents to behavioral intention. The proposed research model in the study extends the Technology Acceptance Model by adding herding behavior and usability to take into account the unique characteristics of e-learning content market and e-learning systems use, respectively. The current study also includes consumer experience with e-learning content purchase because the previous experience is believed to affect purchasing intention when consumers buy experience goods or services. Previous studies on e-learning did not consider the characteristics of e-learning contents market and the differential impact of consumer experience on the relationship between the antecedents and behavioral intention, which is the target of this study. This study employs a survey method to empirically test the proposed research model. A survey questionnaire was developed and distributed to 629 informants. 528 responses were collected, which consist of potential customer group (n = 133) and experienced customer group (n = 395). The data were analyzed using PLS method, a structural equation modeling method. Overall, both herding behavior and perceived usefulness influence consumer intention to purchase e-learning contents. In detail, in the case of potential customer group, herding behavior has stronger effect on purchase intention than does perceived usefulness. However, in the case of shopping-experienced customer group, perceived usefulness has stronger effect than does herding behavior. In sum, the results of the analysis show that with regard to purchasing experience, perceived usefulness and herding behavior had differential effects upon the purchase of e-learning contents. As a follow-up analysis, the interaction effects of the number of purchase transaction and herding behavior/perceived usefulness on purchase intention were investigated. The results show that there are no interaction effects. This study contributes to the literature in a couple of ways. From a theoretical perspective, this study examined and showed evidence that the characteristics of e-learning market such as continuous renewal of consumers and thus high uncertainty and individual experiences are important factors to be considered when the purchase intention of e-learning content is studied. This study can be used as a basis for future studies on e-learning success. From a practical perspective, this study provides several important implications on what types of marketing strategies e-learning companies need to build. The bottom lines of these strategies include target group attraction, word-of-mouth management, enhancement of web site usability quality, etc. The limitations of this study are also discussed for future studies.

Dynamics of Technology Adoption in Markets Exhibiting Network Effects

  • Hur, Won-Chang
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • 제20권1호
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    • pp.127-140
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    • 2010
  • The benefit that a consumer derives from the use of a good often depends on the number of other consumers purchasing the same goods or other compatible items. This property, which is known as network externality, is significant in many IT related industries. Over the past few decades, network externalities have been recognized in the context of physical networks such as the telephone and railroad industries. Today, as many products are provided as a form of system that consists of compatible components, the appreciation of network externality is becoming increasingly important. Network externalities have been extensively studied among economists who have been seeking to explain new phenomena resulting from rapid advancements in ICT (Information and Communication Technology). As a result of these efforts, a new body of theories for 'New Economy' has been proposed. The theoretical bottom-line argument of such theories is that technologies subject to network effects exhibit multiple equilibriums and will finally lock into a monopoly with one standard cornering the entire market. They emphasize that such "tippiness" is a typical characteristic in such networked markets, describing that multiple incompatible technologies rarely coexist and that the switch to a single, leading standard occurs suddenly. Moreover, it is argued that this standardization process is path dependent, and the ultimate outcome is unpredictable. With incomplete information about other actors' preferences, there can be excess inertia, as consumers only moderately favor the change, and hence are themselves insufficiently motivated to start the bandwagon rolling, but would get on it once it did start to roll. This startup problem can prevent the adoption of any standard at all, even if it is preferred by everyone. Conversely, excess momentum is another possible outcome, for example, if a sponsoring firm uses low prices during early periods of diffusion. The aim of this paper is to analyze the dynamics of the adoption process in markets exhibiting network effects by focusing on two factors; switching and agent heterogeneity. Switching is an important factor that should be considered in analyzing the adoption process. An agent's switching invokes switching by other adopters, which brings about a positive feedback process that can significantly complicate the adoption process. Agent heterogeneity also plays a important role in shaping the early development of the adoption process, which has a significant impact on the later development of the process. The effects of these two factors are analyzed by developing an agent-based simulation model. ABM is a computer-based simulation methodology that can offer many advantages over traditional analytical approaches. The model is designed such that agents have diverse preferences regarding technology and are allowed to switch their previous choice. The simulation results showed that the adoption processes in a market exhibiting networks effects are significantly affected by the distribution of agents and the occurrence of switching. In particular, it is found that both weak heterogeneity and strong network effects cause agents to start to switch early and this plays a role of expediting the emergence of 'lock-in.' When network effects are strong, agents are easily affected by changes in early market shares. This causes agents to switch earlier and in turn speeds up the market's tipping. The same effect is found in the case of highly homogeneous agents. When agents are highly homogeneous, the market starts to tip toward one technology rapidly, and its choice is not always consistent with the populations' initial inclination. Increased volatility and faster lock-in increase the possibility that the market will reach an unexpected outcome. The primary contribution of this study is the elucidation of the role of parameters characterizing the market in the development of the lock-in process, and identification of conditions where such unexpected outcomes happen.