Exploring success factors of virtual communities: The perspectives of members and operators

Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 279-300

  Leimeister, Jan Marco ^a   Sidiras, Pascal ^a   Krcmar, Helmut ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community building; Community management; Electronic commerce; Stakeholders of virtual communities; Success factors; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845977333     PISSN: 10919392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327744joce1603&4_7     Document Type: Article

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