The Future of Corporate Websites in 2020
Daniel Peters
Rosalie Kuyvenhoven
Seda Demircioglu
Jetske Tamboezer
José Nunes
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Scenarios.
- Power to the corporations: corporate brands help you through life from cradle to grave
- Power to the people: I choose my path through life, taking what I need along the way
- ...
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?
Related DF: Convergence of Telecommunication, Media & entertainment and Information technology - Will appliances continue to converge technologically and if so, to what extent?
Related DF: Convergence of Telecommunication, Media & entertainment and Information technology - Will the mobile phone become a universal controller for household appliances?
Related DF: Increasing use of mobile phones as universal interface/controller - What is the current state of ubiquitous computing?
Related DF: Increasing Human-Computer Interaction - Does Metcalfe's law hold for social networking websites?
Related DF: Metcalfe's law applied to social networks - Will the growth of crowdsourced media lead to a re-establishment of the value of expert opinions?
Research topic:The balance between crowdsourced and "expert" opinion - What will be the impact of authenticity on corporate identity and communication?
Related DF: Importance of authentic identity - What is 'democratization of knowledge'?
Related DF: - What are the main challenges for cultures in a globalized world?
Related DF: - How does the development of user generated content change our view on the world?
Related DF: - What will be the role of the regulator in the control of the internet?
Related DF: - Should control over corporate governance increase or be eased? What will be the impact in the web corporate development?
Related DF: - Do threats like cybercrime and terrorism justify measures to control privacy data protection? What might be the repercussions for web corporate development?
Related DF: - How to share the internet resources in an efficient and innovative manner?
Related DF: - How important will corporate online branding be in 2020?
Related DF: The increased importance of online corporate branding - Will increased recycling of e-waste lead to reduced demand for raw materials?
Related DF: - Will voice-recognition play an important role in Internet in 2020?
Related DF: - What will be the power demand of server farms in 2020?
Related DF: Power consumption of server farms - Will the world continue to be reliant on US economy?
Related DF: - Will US continue to dominate the global culture?
Related DF: - Will the world economy continue grow at the expense of equality in the allocation of income?
Related DF: - How will the corporates lock-in consumers (ensure customer loyalty) against sheer volume of choices and information?
Related DF: - Will the value and use of money (currencies) change/diminish?
Related DF: - Does the economy have impact on barter exchange?
Related DF:The increasing role of barter in the global economy - How will the barter exchanges ensure trust in the business context?
Related DF: The increasing role of barter in the global economy