The revolutions in internet online service delivery have transformed the way that people
interact with technology, resulting in an exponential growth in the number of online users …

Rapid advances in IT combined with increasing awareness for environmental side-effects of
modern economies are causing a shift in the consumer behavior towards new forms of …

As the number of people who interact on social networks increases, and coupled with the
greater capability made available within our computational devices, there is the potential to …

Social Clouds provide the capability to share resources among participants within a social
network—leveraging on the trust relationships already existing between such participants. In …

Online service delivery undertaken between clients and service providers often incurs risks
for both the client and the provider, especially when such an exchange takes place in the …

IT-enabled peer-to-peer (P2P) sharing and collaborative consumption services (SCCS)
allow private persons to provide access for others to their cars, accommodation and other …

Despite the public (Geron 2013) and academic (Heinrichs and Grunenberg 2013) discourse
on the potential of the sharing economy to address the social, economic, and environmental …

Abstract Peer-to-Peer (P2P) network systems are garnering acclaim due to their capability of
large-scale distributed information sharing. The increased use of P2P networks has exposed …

On-line service delivery undertaken between clients and service providers often incurs risks
for both the client and the provider, especially when such an exchange takes place in the …

As cities face the detrimental impacts of climate change, there is an urgent need to
implement robust climate mitigation and adaptation projects. To do this, cities must direct …