Online consumer communities, collaborative learning and innovation

Measuring Business Excellence

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 46-62

  Rossi, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collaborative innovation; Customer engagement; Customer knowledge management; Food industry; Innovation; Italy; Learning; Online consumer communities; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051702748     PISSN: 13683047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13683041111161157     Document Type: Article

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