Social and commercial sustainability of regional web-based communities

International Journal of Web Based Communities

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 246-261

  Connery, Andrew ^a   Hasan, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

economic value; regional location; social capital; sustainability; web based community

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749109001     PISSN: 14778394     EISSN: 17418216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2005.006925     Document Type: Article

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