Network structures and online technology adoption

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 323-333

  Peng, Gang ^a   Mu, Jifeng ^b  

^a YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Network brokerage; network centrality; network closure; network structures; online technology adoption; open source software (OSS); social networks

Indexed keywords

NETWORK BROKERAGE; NETWORK CENTRALITY; NETWORK CLOSURE; NETWORK STRUCTURES; ONLINE TECHNOLOGY; OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE (OSS); SOCIAL NETWORKS;

ONLINE SYSTEMS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; SOFTWARE DESIGN; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); TECHNOLOGY;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 79955550722     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2010.2090045     Document Type: Article

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