Katia Passerini

• PhD
• Provost at Seton Hall University

This article articulates the nuanced challenges of integrating Generative AI (GenAI) into educational settings, aiming to dispel overly simplistic narratives driven by unwarranted enthusiasm or unfounded apprehensions. It introduces a conceptual framework for the application of GenAI within higher education, delineating four key strategies that lev...

The purpose of this editorial is twofold. First, we present a framework to help make sense of how research in gender and entrepreneurship is currently conceptualized and positioned. The framework is based on a review and analysis of the current topics investigated at the intersection of gender and entrepreneurship. We subsequently apply this framew...

Online question and answer (Q&A) platforms are ideal live repositories for knowledge sharing and exchange. On Q&A platforms, a seeker may receive one answer to a question, none, or multiple answers. In the case of many answers, it is important to understand which answer will be selected as the best to inform how seekers retrieve knowledge-based sol...

This editorial provides an overview of the inner workings of the Journal of Small Business Management and its editorial and peer review processes. In doing so it offers practical insights relevant to authors looking to publish scholarly work in the fields of entrepreneurship and small business scholarship. Specifically, this article discusses the p...

Xiaomi Corporation is a very successful company in the wireless telecommunications industry in China. The company has been able to adopt a “fan-centric” business model that includes extensive input from their customer base on handset design, user interface design, and features for other products/services offered by the company. The “innovation ecos...

The impact of young companies with purely digital products and services has raised interest in so-called digital entrepreneurs (DEs), all-digital business models, and ecosystems in which DEs thrive. Researchers study this Schumpeterian destruction, policy makers try to replicate digital ecosystems, and investors seek the next “gazelle.” We return t...

This paper proposes that to overcome the threat of disruption brought about by a new education model that is flexible, personalised and low cost, universities should focus on adding value not to their replicable content, but to the collaboration and socialisation processes that localise learning to the context where learning occurs whether it be in...

This chapter reviews examples of how technologies that support knowledge management (KM) can link it to entrepreneurship, and in doing so, can increase the possibility of connecting domains that have traditionally been separated, both in the literature and in the practice of entrepreneurship. In particular, authors describe the utilization of KM pr...

A contentious merger seems to characterize the relationship between entrepreneurship, defined as the process of bringing new products and services to the market, and knowledge management. Even when discussed from the perspective of dynamic knowledge creation and innovation rather than from the codification and organization of a firm's knowledge bas...

This paper presents two studies examining the effects of technology-supported experiential entrepreneurship education on learners' entrepreneurial intentions and attitudes towards risk. Each study compares students enrolled in three distinct self-selected college entrepreneurship courses that, to different degrees, integrate information and communi...

This study investigates factors that affect user decisions on which information to share, and specifically whether and how to disclose sensitive personal information, when using social networking sites (SNSs). The determinants of personal information disclosure (self-disclosure) are identified using a framework that combines communication privacy m...

A key end goal of knowledge management is to foster innovation through the creation of new knowledge. Surprisingly, there is little research on knowledge management (KM) in the context of entrepreneurship, a domain where innovation is considered to be the essence of any activity. This paper extends established theories and frameworks for knowledge...

The globalization of entrepreneurship education requires instructors to understand, and adjust the curriculum for, cultural disparities. This study investigates the impact of cultural norms on the attitudes of university entrepreneurship students in France and the United States – regions with contrasting Hofstede and Global Entrepreneurship Monitor...

Most literature on knowledge management (KM) focuses on large firms - the domain in which KM was originally developed - and most KM literature on entrepreneurship focuses on entrepreneurial activities in post-revenue firms. The domain of the startup, however, is traditionally very different from these, characterized by a lack of tangible assets and...

Most literature on knowledge management (KM) focuses on large firms - the domain in which KM was originally developed - and most KM literature on entrepreneurship focuses on entrepreneurial activities in post-revenue firms. The domain of the startup, however, is traditionally very different from these, characterized by a lack of tangible assets and...

Twitter, a popular micro-blogging service, is increasingly evolving from being a mere chatting platform to a tool that is instrumental in affecting a desired learning and social change among individuals and organizations. Although using Twitter for learning while socializing represents a significant departure from its intended initial function, inf...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare knowledge of business concepts acquired at the end of undergraduate studies of management in France and the USA. Design/methodology/approach – Mind maps were used to examine what knowledge students retained toward the end of their undergraduate studies in business and management. Data were collecte...

This article describes an experimental study that examines the extent to which a group decision support system (GDSS), which allows team members to view other members' preference ratings, can encourage changes in individual preferences. We studied 22, four-person teams performing 2 hidden profile tasks—simple and complex—in a controlled setting. Tr...

The increased use of the internet and information technology to enable online transactions, distribute information and customer reviews through ecommerce and social networking sites, online advertising, and data mining is both creating efficiencies and challenging our privacy. This paper highlights the growing fear that current federal and state la...

Ongoing concerns about a perceived disconnection between management education and management practice and the limited skill base of business school graduates are evident in the literature. These problems have been looked at through various lenses, and the professional model of education has shown promise in addressing perceived problems with busine...

Concerns have been raised that business school pedagogy has limited students' intellectual development with respect to integrative thinking, synthetic reasoning and the ability analyze complex problems. Mind maps were used in this study to explore these concerns. Specifically, undergraduate and MBA students, and business school faculty performed a...

Information Technology for Small Business: Managing the Digital Enterprise provides an overview of how small and medium business enterprises (SMEs) can use flexibility, agility, and anticipation strategies to better utilize information technology and knowledge management. Because small and medium businesses tend to be late technology adopters, they...

Purpose The purpose of this research is to investigate individual perceptions of time and time management strategies that professionals utilize to achieve their productivity in the execution of their daily tasks, projects and routines. Projects have specific time durations from the beginning to the end, which often need to be broken down into small...

Today’s broadband-supported tools are enabling small and medium enterprises (SMEs) access to and easier management of information technologies (IT). These tools are offering new ways to communicate and reach customers. Although large corporations have resources and money to invest in emerging information technologies, they also have a major disadva...

Every enterprise has the challenge of establishing a stable and competitive environment. In most enterprises, information plays a key (if not critical) role. Establishing the best fitting information technology could break or catapult an enterprise to the next level. In today’s competitive marketplace, the proper mix of information technologies can...

As the virtual pipelines are laid to extend the reach of broadband connectivity to remote locations and to increase capacity on already available locations, connectivity and availability with those previously unreachable is increasing as well. The connectivity barriers are constantly being reduced as the broadband reach extends. The breakdown of co...

The existing and emerging information technologies discussed in Chap. 4 demonstrate how information technologies can be used to provide a competitive advantage and add value to SME businesses. This chapter describes what SMEs should consider and what they need to know once they decide to use information technologies. It is not a “how to” step-by-st...

To help explain some of the concepts addressed throughout the book, in this chapter, we present four case studies. Each case concerns a small entrepreneurial company that has innovatively used information technology (IT) to achieve success. These cases were all developed as one part of a collaborative research project between the International Coun...

The SME owner’s understanding of the role of information technology (IT) in organizations may be sophisticated, yet the resources and staff dedicated to IT are rarely up to the tasks. In this chapter, we present a comprehensive model of the enterprise IT organization highlighting the process areas that are essential to promote SMEs competitive posi...

In the broadband economy, SMEs enjoy technology-supported opportunities to interact with customers in ways that were neither possible nor thinkable until recently. However, to effectively sustain SMEs’ competitive position, technology must first meet the business needs of small enterprises. In this chapter, we discuss how broadband-driven mobile te...

Throughout the book, we have referred to the leaders of SMEs without actually saying much about such individuals. There is, of course, much more to understanding leadership in SMEs who engage in IT innovation. In this conclusion, we explore the key characteristics of IT entrepreneurs who have created successful SMEs. For example, entrepreneurs usua...

The paper addresses theory-based e-government assessments and reviews the limitations of current methods based on summative evaluation and delivery benchmarking. It proposes the use of in itinere formative evaluation as a tool to better understand complex programs that involve various constituencies and to provide feedback on the design, adoption a...

According to Freeman, centrality indices, which include degree, closeness, and betweenness, are an effective way to measure organizational structure. However, Ito discussed the implications of centrality, and found that differences exist even when the centrality is the same. Using data on transactions and cross shareholdings that were drawn from Ma...

This paper discusses the importance of evaluating the implementation of public programs as an integral component of organizational actions performed by public administrations. Drawing on contributions from policy studies and organization theory, the authors assign a dual role to evaluation: valuable cognitive resource and accountability tool for th...

Maintaining symbiotic inter-relationships with suppliers is an integral part of developing tightly interwoven vertical supply arrangements among members participating in a network of companies. This article reviews the relevant literature on network theory to test the interrelationships among transactions, cross shareholdings, and sales among all t...

Many vendors dream about making it big in the cloud, but licensing Web apps is a fiercely competitive market with rampant risks. Software as a service must overcome several challenges to prove itself as a successful business model.

This article reviews the use of e-learning in various organizations. It highlights recent changes in e-learning paradigms such as the shift from an individual to a social event where the power of the network is fully exploited by immersing learners in an interconnected educational experience. The discussion also maintains that the path to an effect...

The benefits of teamwork and collaboration have long been advocated by many educational theories, such as constructivist and social learning models. Among the various applications of collaborative learning, the iterative team-based learning (TBL) process proposed by Michaelsen, Fink, and Knight (2002) has been successfully used in the classroom wit...

In today's digital society, ongoing concerns about the privacy and security of personal data are ever increasing, especially in health care. While we gradually need higher electronic access to medical information, issues relating to patient privacy and reducing possible security breaches increase. In this paper, we focus on identifying the general...

This paper discusses the importance of evaluating the implementation of public programs as an integral component of organizational actions performed by public administrations. Drawing on contributions from policy studies and organization theory, the authors assign a dual role to evaluation: valuable cognitive resource and accountability tool for th...

This article reviews the use of e-learning in various organizations. It highlights recent changes in e-learning paradigms such as the shift from an individual to a social event where the power of the network is fully exploited by immersing learners in an interconnected educational experience. The discussion also maintains that the path to an effect...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to integrate the empirical and game theoretical approaches to address the strategic interactions among countries in choosing their optimal levels of intellectual property rights (IPRs), and to identify how these countries can reach an efficient and equitable equilibrium. Design/methodology/approach Because coun...

This article reviews the use of e-learning in various organizations. It highlights recent changes in e-learning paradigms such as the shift from an individual to a social event where the power of the network is fully exploited by immersing learners in an interconnected educational experience. The discussion also maintains that the path to an effect...

Many constructs such as influence, trust and trade can be considered as important in network organizations. Here we examine trust by measuring ‘influence’ as forms of cross-shareholdings and use inter-firm trade as a proxy for interdependence. We introduce the Keiretsu of Toyota, a typical network organization, and focus on a theoretical discussion...

Preparing students to work in teams benefits learning experiences and provides a stronger foundation for the challenges of the workplace. Team-based learning (TBL) is an instructional strategy where small groups become closely coupled teams through repeated face-to-face collaboration on various projects and assignments. This paper illustrates how t...

Team-based learning is an active learning instructional strategy used in the traditional face-to-face classroom. Web-based computer-mediated communication (CMC) tools complement the face-to-face classroom and enable active learning between face-to-face class times. This arti-cle presents the results from pilot assessments of computer-supported team...

Team-based learning is an active learning instructional strategy used in the traditional face-to-face classroom. Web-based computer-mediated communication (CMC) tools complement the face-to-face classroom and enable active learning between face-to-face class times. This arti-cle presents the results from pilot assessments of computer-supported team...

A large number of tools are available in the software industry to support different aspects of knowledge management (KM). Some comprehensive applications and vendors try to offer global solutions to KM needs; other tools are highly specialized. In this paper, state-of-the-art KM tools grouped by specific classification areas and functionalities are...

Team-based learning is an active learning instructional strategy used in the traditional face-to-face classroom. Web-based computer-mediated communication (CMC) tools complement the face-to-face classroom and enable active learning between face-to-face class times. This paper presents the results from pilot assessments of computer-supported team-ba...

Team-based learning is an active learning instructional strategy used in the traditional face-to-face classroom. Web-based computer-mediated communication (CMC) tools complement the face-toface classroom and enable active learning between face-to-face class times. This article presents the results from pilot assessments of computer-supported team-b...

Purpose This paper presents best practices of global and local initiatives for social and economic capital development. It introduces the notion of “megacommunities” representing broad multilateral stakeholder groups that work together for the resolutions of large‐scale health, environmental and social problems. The paper also takes a more local vi...

We have conducted a series of interdisciplinary studios that partner students in the School of Architecture with peers in the College of Computing Sciences, with two principal goals: to foster creativity in the development of information technology, and conversely, to support creativity through information technology. Our studio project focuses on...

This paper explores the impact of wireless telecommunications on emerging economies while focusing on the progress made recently by China in a comparison to the US. The implications for developing economies, like China, and their potential for moving past other nations with established, traditional architectures are significant. China's lack of tra...

This paper maintains that the use of multimedia content in Web-based instruction - facilitated by the proliferation and standardization of learning management systems (LMS) - calls for the extension of traditional multimedia design and evaluation guidelines to the Web. The compliance with these guidelines needs to be thoroughly evaluated by any ins...

The conflict between the sweeping power of technology to access and assemble personal information and the ongoing concern about our privacy and security is ever increasing. While we gradually need higher electronic access to medical information, issues relating to patient privacy and reducing vulnerability to security breaches surmount. In this pap...

This project aims to foster creativity in computer science education by applying the studio paradigm common in architecture and fine arts. It joins architecture and computer science students in interdisciplinary teams to design installations for ubiquitous social computing. At the same time, it uses existing social computing infrastructure, such as...

In this chapter, we update earlier research on the state of the art Knowledge Management (KM) tools and present key evaluation criteria that can be used by organizations to select the applications that best meet their specific KM needs. We briefly describe tools currently available in the software industry to support different aspects of knowledge...

As part of a government funded grant in ubiquitous social computing, we have developed and deployed an interactive poster kiosk that invites casual feedback on student design work or other items of interest among peers in the School of Architecture. The system runs on a standard PC with a large LCD display and a touch-sensitive overlay. Posters res...

This paper maintains that the use of multimedia content in Web-based instruction - facilitated by the proliferation and standardization of learning management systems (LMS) - calls for the extension of traditional multimedia design and evaluation guidelines to the Web. The compliance with these guidelines needs to be thoroughly evaluated by any ins...

This paper maintains that the use of multimedia content in Web-based instruction — facilitated by the proliferation and standardization of learning management systems (LMS) — calls for the extension of traditional multimedia design and evaluation guidelines to the Web. The compliance with these guidelines needs to be thoroughly evaluated by any ins...

The wireless industry is witnessing a tremendous technological expansion and growth in the US and China. Mobile phone service in the US has gradually evolved from the introduction of Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS) analog cellular services in 1984. China launched analog mobile services in 1987 and moved to digital services with the implementati...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight that research on the measurement of key indicators that represent drivers of the knowledge economy still spans several different, although interrelated, directions. The results of this review call for further integration of metrics through cross‐disciplinary international, multinational and organiza...

Web-based discussion forums are key tools in online education environments. Extant studies have shown that active participation helps drive the success of these forums. The integrated participation evaluation tool (iPET) is a Web-based application combining social network analysis and visualization to enable distance learning instructors and studen...

Mobile technologies offer new opportunities for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). SMEs that develop a mobility strategy to prepare for the future are taking the first step to becoming "next-generation SMEs." This paper describes specific characteristics and advantages of next-generation small and medium enterprises, and highlights key issues and...

A large number of tools are available in the software industry to support different aspects of knowledge management (KM). Some comprehensive applications and vendors try to offer global solutions to KM needs; other tools are highly specialized. In this paper, state-of-theart KM tools grouped by specific classification areas and functionalities are...

Team-based learning is an active learning instructional strategy used in the traditional face-to-face classroom. Web-based computer-mediated communication (CMC) tools complement the face-to-face classroom and enable active learning between face-to-face class times. This paper presents the results from pilot assessments of computer-supported team-ba...

It is not well understood how privacy concern and trust influence social interactions within social networking sites. An online survey of two popular social networking sites, Facebook and MySpace, compared perceptions of trust and privacy concern, along with willingness to share information and develop new relationships. Members of both sites repor...

With globalization and outsourcing, maintaining competitive advantage often requires design innovation that takes into account local user-needs and social practices. Of particular currency to technology students, is gaining an understanding of how to engage in innovative ubiquitous computing application design. In the real world, such applications...

Design thinking using studio-based models of education has been proved over many years to foster creativity and innovation in the field of architecture [7]. Some researchers in computer science (CS) have already experimented with this model [4], [5]. Nevertheless, the potential of interdisciplinary work and informal interactions enabled through ubi...

The computing disciplines and the computing profession continue to appear gender segregated; despite limited progress, the number of women in computing still remains a minority. Differences persist at all levels, particularly when women attempt to reach higher levels of the corporate hierarchy. Today's social networking and friendly-computing provi...