The Future of Corporate Websites in 2020
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Daniel Peters
Rosalie Kuyvenhoven
Seda Demircioglu
Jetske Tamboezer
José Nunes
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Scenarios.
To be added
Driving forces.
Edited existing driving forces
- Control of the Internet
- Tighter corporate governance standards
- Convergence of Telecommunication, Media & entertainment and Information technology
- Products are Turned Into Services
- The increasing role of barter in the global economy
- The Globalization of Culture (or Cultural Globalization)
- Increasing user-generated content
- Voice-recognition system
- THE RECYCLING OF MATERIALS AND REPRODUCING TO NEW MATERIALS
Newly added driving forces
- Increasing empowerment of consumers
- Wider economic divide
- Metcalfe's law applied to social networks
- Increasing use of mobile phones as universal interface/controller
- Internet Governance
- Privacy Online
- Importance of authentic identity
- Increasing democratization of knowledge
- The increased importance of online corporate branding
- Power consumption of server farms
Research questions.
- Will telco's, media company's and IT companies continue to converge or be halted by legislation and social contra pressures?
- Will appliances continue to converge technologically and if so, to what extent?
- Will the mobile phone become a universal controller for household appliances?
- What is the current state of ubiquitous computing?
- Does Metcalfe's law hold for social networking websites?
- What will be the impact of authenticity on corporate identity and communication?
- What is 'democratization of knowledge'?
- What are the main challenges for cultures in a globalized world?
- How does the development of user generated content change our view on the world?
- What will be the role of the regulator in the control of the internet?
- Should control over corporate governance increase or be eased? What will be the impact in the web corporate development?
- Do threats like cybercrime and terrorism justify measures to control privacy data protection? What might be the repercussions for web corporate development?
- How to share the internet resources in an efficient and innovative manner?
- How important will corporate online branding be in 2020?
- Will increased recycling of e-waste lead to reduced demand for raw materials?
- Will voice-recognition play an important role in Internet in 2020?
- What will be the power demand of server farms in 2020?
- Will the world continue to be reliant on US economy?
- Will US continue to dominate the global culture?
- Will the world economy continue grow at the expense of equality in the allocation of income
- How will the corporates lock-in consumers (ensure customer loyalty) against sheer volume of choices and information?
- Will the value and use of money (currencies) change/diminish?
- Does the economy have impact on barter exchange?
- How will the barter exchanges ensure trust in the business context?