Emergent life cycle: The tension between knowledge change and knowledge retention in open online coproduction communities

Management Science

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3026-3048

  Kane, Gerald C ^a   Johnson, Jeremiah ^b   Majchrzak, Ann ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge creation; Longitudinal; Online communities; Peer production; Social media; Wiki

Indexed keywords

LIFE CYCLE; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOFTWARE DESIGN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

KNOWLEDGE CREATIONS; LONGITUDINAL; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES; PEER PRODUCTION; SOCIAL MEDIA; WIKI;

OPEN DATA;

EID: 84907574528     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2013.1855     Document Type: Article

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