Knowing who to know in knowledge sharing communities: A social network analysis approach

Proceedings of the International Conference on Electronic Business (ICEB)

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 345-351

  Wang, Jyun Cheng ^a   Chiang, Ming Jiin ^b   Ho, Jung Chang ^c   Hsieh, Wen Tai ^d   Huang, I Kun ^d  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY   (Taiwan)

^d Innovative DigiTech Enabled Applications and Services Institute   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Knowledge community; Knowledge network; Role analysis; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES; KNOWLEDGE CONTENT; KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS; KNOWLEDGE SHARING COMMUNITIES; NETWORK STRUCTURES; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; ROLE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS APPROACHES; STRUCTURAL HOLES; WEB-BASED COMMUNITIES;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84864288281     PISSN: 16830040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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