Competitive actions and dynamics in the digital age: An empirical investigation of social networking firms

Information Systems Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 594-613

  Gnyawali, Devi R ^a   Fan, Weiguo ^a   Penner, James ^a  

^a PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

Author keywords

Business value of information technology; Competition dynamics; Competition strategy; Competitive actions; Firm performance; Network centrality; Page view; Repertoire of actions; Social networking services; Value cocreation

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; DYNAMICS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

BUSINESS VALUE; COMPETITION STRATEGY; COMPETITIVE ACTIONS; FIRM PERFORMANCE; NETWORK CENTRALITIES; PAGE VIEW; REPERTOIRE OF ACTIONS; SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICES; VALUE CO CREATIONS;

COMPETITION;

EID: 77957370425     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1100.0294     Document Type: Article

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