Does social software support service innovation?

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-311

  Meyer, Jenny ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Service innovation; Social software; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649359281     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: 14661829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13571516.2010.513814     Document Type: Article

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