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The objective of the present research is to observe to what extent the stereoscopic effect presents a solution for enhancement of user interactions in the Web context. This paper describes an experiment conducted to detect differences in perception between 2D and 3D graphical user interfaces of an e-Commerce web application. The results of the conducted user study among 39 participants indicate significantly higher performance of the 2D interface in terms of efficiency, satisfaction, and, consequently, overall usability. Therefore, for the studied sample, the stereoscopic effect had mostly negative impact on user interactions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Until 2014, and setting aside some unsuccessful experiences, there had not been a successful implementation of a pay wall in a major Spanish newspaper, but beginning in 2014 newspaper executives opted to create affinity clubs following strategies that had already been implemented in similar Latin American newspapers like La nación of Buenos Aires and El mercurio of Santiago de Chile. As in most countries where this strategy has been successful, it addresses the loyalty of its print and digital consumers by organizing clubs and offering exclusive benefits on a wide array of products for a monthly fee. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Traditional purchasing processes have become more complex and sophisticated with the appearance of the internet. The increasing number of internet users and the ease of access to information are pushing businesses to revise their communication strategies and management plans for online and offline channels. This study analyses the relationship between the information search and the point of purchase in multichannel environments. The main result of this research is that a comprehensive analysis of the consumer and the ability to track their online and offline purchasing habits can provide businesses with valuable data to deploy information resources in a way that optimally meets consumer needs according to the products offered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discussion of diverse enterprise concepts around the present Society of the information (supposedly, of the New economy). The introduction of the information technologies (ICT) has modified the structure of the companies and the ways they make businesses. The article analyzes two subjects: a) If these modifications have generated a ‘new economy’ or only a temp growth of the productivity that, nevertheless, stays in the tracks of the classic economy. b) If the definitions of company-network, company-in-the-network, and alike, are applied correctly, or it is necessary to consider a new structure of companies like a new ontological category. Two examples of this new definition with Amazon and VISA are given. The concepts discussed have an immediate repercussion in the corresponding information systems of the new enterprenurial structures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The implementation of new technologies in the private sphere and the promotion of strategies for e-administration and e-commerce are changing the characteristics and the way private files are managed. Electronic documents (resulting from administrative processes and from private communications with friends in the form of emails, pictures, etc.) and electronic services (electronic banking, job search, internet shopping, etc.) all converge in creating a new stage for private file owners. To make the organisation of personal files feasible for the owner, the authors propose the creation of a management system based on the principle of maximum automation of procedures for describing, classifying and conserving items (areas in which technology has advanced considerably in the private sector) and on a collaborative framework by which the public administration, associations, and enterprises are involved in making this project viable. Nevertheless, cultural changes -never simple- are also required. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]