Sustainability of vertical standards consortia as communities of practice: A multilevel framework

International Journal of Electronic Commerce

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-40

  Zhao, Kexin ^a   Khan, Sarah S ^a   Xia, Mu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community of practice; resource based model; standards; sustainability; vertical standards consortia

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255210917     PISSN: 10864415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JEC1086-4415160101     Document Type: Article

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