Why people pay for digital items? Presentation desire of online identity

PACIS 2007 - 11th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: Managing Diversity in Digital Enterprises

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Kim, Hee Woong ^a   Chan, Hock Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Digital item; Online identity; Presentation desire; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS MODELS; DIGITAL ITEM; INTERACTION EFFECT; ON-LINE GAMES; ONLINE IDENTITY; PERSONAL INNOVATIVENESS; PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE; PRESENTATION DESIRE; SOCIAL IDENTITY; SOCIAL IDENTITY THEORIES; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

COMMERCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNET; PROFITABILITY; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

SALES;

EID: 80053528601     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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