Social Networks Overview – Current Trends and Research Challenges for EU

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The emergence and popularity of online social networks in recent years has changed the Internet ecosystem leading to a more collaborative environment. Nowadays, hundreds of millions of Internet users participate in social networks, form communities, produce and consume media content … Read More

Trends in retail

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Occasionally the competition between suppliers results in the favor of customers to a displacement of not competitive competitors (predatory pricing). Thus, a concentration on a few suppliers who are taking a dominant position can results in oligopoly. In extreme cases, … Read More

Customer relationship management

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Customer relationship management (CRM) is a broadly recognized, widely-implemented strategy for managing and nurturing a company’s interactions with customers, clients and sales prospects. It involves using technology to organize, automate, and synchronize business processes—principally sales activities, but also those for … Read More

Web traffic

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Web traffic is the amount of data sent and received by visitors to a web site. It is a large portion of Internet traffic. This is determined by the number of visitors and the number of pages they visit. Sites … Read More

Outsourcing predictions for the new year 2008

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A high importance is given to the IT outsourcing industry. From this point of view, there are two special “destinations” for the corporations: India, and Eastern Europe. Phil Fersht suggests some trends for the new year: Offshoring panic will continue, … Read More