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State aid for broadband network deployment
Publication . Manica, Luis; Damásio, Bruno; Mendonça, Sandro; Information Management Research Center (MagIC) - NOVA Information Management School; NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS); Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam.
This paper examines the governance models of State aid measures for broadband network deployment in European Union Member States. The research is based on 199 decision letters collected from the European Commission's competition cases database, published between 2003 and 2023. Deploying a theory-driven content analysis approach, the analysis reveals and categorises a variety of governance models. These models vary regarding the authority responsible for the decision-making and, in the case of national schemes, the authority responsible for the implementation, including centralised and decentralised arrangements. Different legacies and institutional set-ups explain the governance models, including the typology of state structures, the constitutional powers, the traditions of participation in the telecommunication sector, policy diffusion and regional development. There are several possible pathways to a gradual transition from one model to another. The design of flexible national schemes, which offer subnational authorities the option to implement them in their regions or to rely on central management agencies for specific tasks adapted to their interests, resources and capacities, could be the optimal solution to prevent the launch of ad hoc measures by subnational authorities and to adapt to different institutional arrangements.
The “Network Society” moves in mysterious ways
Publication . Cardoso, Catarina; Costa, Cátia Miriam; Damásio, Bruno; Mendonça, Sandro; Information Management Research Center (MagIC) - NOVA Information Management School; NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS); Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press (MIT Press)
The “Network Society” is an analytical concept developed by Manuel Castells to describe a new form of societal organisation underpinned by microelectronics and based on information flows. Since it was introduced in the 1990s, this key contribution to social theory has framed much of academic research and policy-relevant worldviews when it comes to understanding contemporary digital ways. By quantitatively exploring the impact of his contributions, this study inquires how Castells’ concept was received by scientific communities publishing in peer-reviewed academic journals. Through a comprehensive and integrative bibliometric analysis, the findings reveal a three-phase build-up process of appropriation and highlight how the concept was predominantly exploited in the domains of Communication and Sociology, with an emphasis on connectivity and its implications for governance and policy-making, particularly in Western countries. There is evidence of its adaptability in capturing the evolving opportunities and challenges of the digital era.
A train of thought in product experientiality
Publication . Offergeld, Tobias; Martinez, Luis F.; Ferreira, Aristides I.; NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE); Elsevier
The sequence of informational cues and the level of distraction have an impact on the judgment of a product's quality and preference. Two quasi-experimental studies (Ntotal = 340) investigate the influence of the force behind the processing of these cues – working memory (WM). Previous research found that, in the presence of a distractor, high WM individuals are more able to recall the initial cue, and thus derive their product judgment from the initial strong cue. Study 1 contradicts these findings and raises important methodological questions regarding the conceptualization of strong and weak cues. Specifically, commonly accepted strong cues (e.g., product reputation) might not influence consumers as expected. Additionally, in a sequence of product evaluation with high vs. low degree of experientiality, study 2 reveals that consumers tend to show a primacy effect that is stronger for higher levels of WM capacity. Moreover, in a sequence of assessing low vs. high degree of experientiality products, consumers reveal stronger recency effects, thus showing that WM reinforces this recency effect. Our findings have important implications for marketers by suggesting that consumers with high WMC are more able to process complex stimuli and retrieve previously presented information on a product quality. These consumers also have a higher tendency to retrieve more information from product scenarios with a high degree of experientiality.
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UID/GES/00315/2013