• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.73-90
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• 2007

The Pareto principle, also known as the 80/20 rule, describes this common pattern of sales concentration. But long tail principle, that expose the power of majority which had been put aside for a long time, rise as a new business strategy in web 2.0 era. In digital and online environment, as created the conditions that satisfy the need of diversity, long-tail effect has been relevant to all social cultures. This paper consider the long-tail effect from a library service point of view and develop library's long-tail strategies. For the more, suggest practical plan about library long-tail based on library 2.0.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.50 no.4
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• pp.203-221
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• 2019

How has the use of academic journals changed since the academic library purchase policy changed from selective journals based on core journals to package purchases by big deal? The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of supply and size of academic journals in university libraries on the use of journals. For this purpose, this study used the actual usage statistics of e-journals of K Academic Libraries during 2013-2015. The analysis shows that there is a so-called long-tail shape in which demand shifts to niche products that are effective in online platforms. Analysis of the use of academic journals by year for three years showed that the use of electronic journals in K Academic Libraries appeared to be a perfect Pareto shape, which is concentrated in the top 20% of journals. In particular, in 2015, the top 5% of journals accounted for nearly 80% of the total usage. Despite the changes in the supply method and size of academic journals, users' use of journals was still concentrated in core journals.

• The Journal of Society for e-Business Studies
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.119-129
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• 2014

The renowned Pareto rule of 80/20 has been challenged in the electronic marketplace with the emergence of long tail economy. Mass customization on top of the Internet infrastructure is expected to explain these changes of product concentration. In this paper, we empirically analyzed the micro-transactional data of a Groupon-like daily deal web site to identify the changes of product and customer concentration. The results show the long tail pattern aligned with the previous research on the e-commerce literature on the long tail. We find that the notification setting on email or SMS about daily deal influences the patterns of sales concentration. The information through email and SMS is expected to enable consumers to know about daily bargains and purchase the coupons eventually. However, the email notification for niche products results in the decreased sales while the SMS notification for overall product promotes overall products.

• TTA Journal
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• s.111
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• pp.26-35
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• 2007

웹2.0 등으로 대표되는 전세계적인 인터넷 환경과 이에 따른 이용자 트렌드 변화에 발맞춰, 보다 차별화되고 확대된 가치를 제공하고자 하는 IT 산업체의 움직임이 활발하다. 또한 과거 소수 히트 상품 위주에서 틈새상품들이 획기적으로 늘어나 상품의 다양성이 급격히 증가하는 '롱테일' 현상은 2010년 경에는 휴대폰 사용자가 PC사용자의 3배 이상 많아질 것으로 예상되어 생산과 유통의 대중화를 더욱 확산시킬 것으로 보인다. 참여, 공유, 개방을 표방하며 사용자가 만들어가는 인터넷 환경을 실현시킴으로써 세상을 바꾸게 될 '웹2.0'은 "외부 역량 확보","자발적 참여를 통한 새로운 가치창조" 등의 산업적 효과를 이끌어 내게 될 것으로 전망된다. 이 번호는 '웹2.0' 서비스의 표준화 및 시장에 대한 현황과 전망 그리고 전략방안에 대해 알아본다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.11 no.12
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• pp.4752-4759
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• 2010

Using Technology Acceptance Model and flow theory as our foundation, this paper investigates the interrelationships among social influence, individual cognition, flow, and actual usage in the Web 2.0 environment. According to TAM, users evaluate perceived usefulness(PU) and ease of use(PEU) of information technology(IT) in accepting the innovative IT. Along with users' cognitive evaluation(i.e. PU and PEU), in case of UCC(user-created-contents), which is one of the representative Web 2.0 features, flow also has a significant effect on users' usage. Accordingly, the current study involve cognitive elements such as PU and PEU as well as flow of enjoyable state during using IT in exploring antecedents leading to UCC usage. On one hand, we consider the effect of social influence on users' cognition and flow toward actual usage because the more users creates Web contents, the more long-tail situation prevails on the Internet. Web 2.0 becomes a kind of social phenomena. The empirical results show that social influence affects positively both PU/PEU and flow. Users' cognitive evaluation and flow have positive impacts on users' UCC usage.

• Information Systems Review
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.115-136
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• 2017

Online communities have become substantial aspects of people's daily lives. However, only a few communities succeed and attract the majority of users, whereas the vast majority struggle for survival. When various communities coexist, important factors should be identified and examined to maintain attraction and achieve success. The concept of coexistence as been extensively explored in organizational ecology literature. However, given the similarities and differences between online communities and traditional organizations, the direct application of organizational theories to online contexts should be cautiously explored. In this study, we follow the roadmap proposed by Davis et al. (2007) in conducting agent-based modeling and simulation study to develop a novel theory based on the previous literature. In the case of two coexisting communities, we find that community size and participation costs can significantly affect the development of a community. A large community can attract a high number of active members who frequently log in. By contrast, low participation costs can encourage the reading and posting behaviors of members. We also observe the important influence of the distribution of interests on the topic trends of communities. A community composed of a population that focuses on only one topic can quickly converge on the topic regardless of whether the initial topic is broad or focused. This simulation model provides theoretical implications to literature and practical guidance to operators of online communities.