Value in Informational Capitalism and on the Internet

Information Society

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 135-150

  Arvidsson, Adam ^a   Colleoni, Elanor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics   (Denmark)

Author keywords

affect; data mining; finance; informational capitalism; Marx; reputation; social media; value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861467613     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972243.2012.669449     Document Type: Article

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