Antecedents and Consequences of Interaction Quality in Virtual End-User Communities

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-35

  Frey, Karsten ^a   Lüthje, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 84857159391     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2011.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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