E-commerce communities as knowledge bases for firms

Electronic Commerce Research and Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 335-345

  Wang, Jue Fan ^a  

^a CHENG SHIU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

E commerce communities; Empirical research; Innovativeness; Knowledge management; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS E-COMMERCE; DIFFERENT MODES; E-COMMERCE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; INNOVATIVENESS; KNOWLEDGE BASIS; KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT LITERATURE; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; SURVEY METHODS;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; SURVEYS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 77953688397     PISSN: 15674223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elerap.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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