Knowledge sharing in virtual communities: An e-business perspective

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-166

  Koh, J ^a   Kim, Y G ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing activity; Virtual community; Virtual community provider

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; RESEARCH;

KNOWLEDGE SHARING; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDERS;

ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES;

EID: 0347592347     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-4174(03)00116-7     Document Type: Article

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