Will networking nerds pay for stuff that matters?: The relationship between social networks and subscriptions in virtual communities

Proceedings - 12th IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, CSE 2009

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages 741-746

  Bernier, Melanie ^a   Ganley, Dale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business models; Organizational commitment; Social networks; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ACTIVITY LEVELS; BUSINESS MODELS; FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS; NETWORK BEHAVIORS; NETWORK INVESTMENT; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES; ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 70849136905     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CSE.2009.441     Document Type: Conference Paper

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