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EUR 23415 EN - 2008
An Empirical Analysis of the Creation, Use andAdoption of Social Computing Applications
IPTS Exploratory Research on theSocio-economic Impact of Social Computing
Corina Pascu
 
 
The mission of the IPTS is to provide customer-driven support to the EUpolicy-making process by researching science-based responses to policy challengesthat have both a socio-economic and a scientific or technological dimension.European CommissionJoint Research CentreInstitute for Prospective Technological Studies
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A great deal of additional information on the European Union is available onthe Internet.It can be accessed through the Europa server http://europa.eu/ JRC 46431EUR 23415 ENISBN 978-92-79-09453-8ISSN 1018-5593DOI 10.2791/33329Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities © European Communities, 2008Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged
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 Acknowledgments
Special thanks go to Dr. Jean-Claude Burgelman (Bureau of European Policy Advisors –BEPA - European Commission) for his constant support over the duration of this undertaking.Amongst the many colleagues who have contributed their time and knowledge to this paper,providing valuable input and feedback, are Yves Punie, Sven Lindmark, Clara Centeno andDavid Osimo (their review has been fundamental to the consistency and quality of the report)and Patricia Farrer (who has carried out a language review).Visualizations of trends with social visualization tool Many Eyes reproduced with kindpermission of IBM's Collaborative User Experience User (CUE) research group.Author:PASCU CorinaIPTS IS Unit Project:Exploratory Research on the Socio-Economic Impact of Social Computing (ERoSC)Project Leader:PUNIE YvesProject Team:ALA-MUTKA Kirsti; CABRERA Marcelino; CACHIA Romina; CENTENO Clara;LINDMARK Sven; OSIMO David; OZCIVELEK Rukiye; PASCU Corina; PUNIE Yves;ULBRICH Martin; VALVERDE Jose.IPTS Internal Advisory Board:BURGELMAN Jean-Claude (now at BEPA); BOGDANOWICZ Marc; CENTENO Clara;MAGHIROS Ioannis.External Advisory Board:SIMON Jean-Paul, JPS Public Policy Consulting, FranceTUOMI Ilkka, Oy Meaning processing, FinlandMICELLI Stefano, Professor, Dpt. of Business Economics, Ca’ Foscari University, Italy

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