Contribution and participation in innovation communities: A classification of incentives and motives

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 247-262

  Janzik, Lars ^a  

^a Product and Strategy MAGIX AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flow; motivation; online communities; user innovation; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864807061     PISSN: 02198770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219877010002021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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