Enhancing business networks using social network based virtual communities

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 121-138

  Lea, Bih Ru ^a   Yu, Wen Bin ^a   Maguluru, Nisha ^a   Nichols, Michael ^b  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Business links; Information centres; Social networks; Virtual organizations

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; DATA MINING; ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION SERVICES; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BUSINESS LINKS; DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY; SOCIAL NETWORKS; VIRTUAL ORGANIZATIONS;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 30344475785     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570610641022     Document Type: Article

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