Social transactions on social network sites: Can transaction cost theory contribute to a better understanding of internet social networking?

23rd Bled eConference eTrust: Implications for the Individual, Enterprises and Society - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 33-49

  Richter, Daniel ^a   Riemer, Kai ^b   Vom Brocke, Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN   (Liechtenstein)

Author keywords

Social capital; Social network sites; Social networking; Transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COSTS; INTERNET;

SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL NETWORK SITES; SOCIAL TRANSACTIONS; TRANSACTION COST ECONOMICS; TRANSACTION COST THEORIES (TCT); TRANSACTION-COST THEORY; USER COUNT;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84961295781     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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