Towards a framework for evaluating immersive business models: Evaluating service innovations in second life

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kim, Henry M ^a   Lyons, Kelly ^b   Cunningham, Mary Ann ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IBM TORONTO LAB   (Canada)

^c E Mergent Management Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SECOND LIFE;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 51449094046     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2008.459     Document Type: Conference Paper

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