Network characteristics and the value of collaborative user-generated content

Marketing Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 387-405

  Ransbotham, Sam ^a   Kane, Gerald C ^a   Lurie, Nicholas H ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Information value; Social network analysis; User generated content; Wiki

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861676069     PISSN: 07322399     EISSN: 1526548X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mksc.1110.0684     Document Type: Article

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