Hector Menendez

Dr. Hector Menendez

Department of Computer Science, Middlesex University London, London NW4 4BG, UK
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Academic Career Length

16Years (2011-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 September 2020 in Journal of Business Research
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SOShintaro Okazaki
Shintaro Okazaki
KPKirk Plangger
Kirk Plangger
DWDouglas West
Douglas West
Hector MenendezHector Menendez
Hector Menendez

1 June 2015 in Internet Research
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SOShintaro Okazaki
Shintaro Okazaki
ADAna M. Díaz-Martín
Ana M. Díaz-Martín
MRMercedes Rozano
Mercedes Rozano
Hector MenendezHector Menendez
Hector Menendez
Purpose: – The purpose of this paper is to explore customer engagement in Twitter via data mining. Design/methodology/approach: – This study’s intended contributions are twofold: to find a clear connection among customer engagement, presumption, and Web 2.0 in a context of service-dominant (S-D) logic; and to identify social networks created by prosumers. To this end, the study employed data mining techniques. Tweets about IKEA were used as a sample. The resulting algorithm based on 300 tweets was applied to 4,000 tweets to identify the patterns of electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM). Findings: – Social networks created in IKEA’s tweets consist of three forms of eWOM: objective statements, subjective statements, and knowledge sharing. Most objective statements are disseminated from satisfied or neutral customers, while subjective statements are disseminated from dissatisfied or neutral customers. Satisfied customers mainly carry out knowledge sharing, which seems to reflect presumption behavior. Research limitations/implications: – This study provides partial evidence of customer engagement and presumption in IKEA’s tweets. The results indicate that there are three forms of eWOM in the networks: objective statements, subjective statements, and knowledge sharing. It seems that IKEA successfully engaged customers in knowledge sharing, while negative opinions were mainly disseminated in a limited circle. Practical implications: – Firms should make more of an effort to identify prosumers via data mining, since these networks are hidden behind “self-proclaimed” followers. Prosumers differ from opinion leaders, since they actively participate in product development. Thus, firms should seek prosumers in order to more closely fit their products to consumer needs. As a practical strategy, firms could employ celebrities for promotional purposes and use them as a platform to convert their followers to prosumers. In addition, firms are encouraged to make public how they resolve problematic customer complaints so that customers can feel they are a part of firms’ service development. Originality/value: – Theoretically, the study makes unique contributions by offering a synergic framework of S-D logic and Web 2.0. The conceptual framework collectively relates customer engagement, presumption, and Web 2.0 to social networks. In addition, the idea of examining social networks based on different forms of eWOM has seldom been touched in the literature. Methodologically, the study employed seven algorithms to choose the most robust model, which was later applied to 4,000 tweets.

19 February 2014 in International Journal of Neural Systems
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Hector MenendezHector Menendez
Hector Menendez
DBDavid F. Barrero
David F. Barrero
DCDavid Camacho
David Camacho

25 July 2016 in Soft Computing
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AMAlejandro Martín
Alejandro Martín
Hector MenendezHector Menendez
Hector Menendez
DCDavid Camacho
David Camacho

1 April 2018 in Expert Systems with Applications
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ACAlejandro Calleja
Alejandro Calleja
AMAlejandro Martín
Alejandro Martín
Hector MenendezHector Menendez
Hector Menendez
JTJuan Tapiador
Juan Tapiador
DCDavid Clark
David Clark

26 September 2012 in International Journal of Neural Systems
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GBGema Bello-Orgaz
Gema Bello-Orgaz
Hector MenendezHector Menendez
Hector Menendez
DCDavid Camacho
David Camacho