Two formulas for success in social media: Learning and network effects

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 78-108

  Qiu, Liangfei ^a   Tang, Qian ^b   Whinston, Andrew B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

BUSINESS INNOVATION; DATA SET; DYNAMIC DIFFUSION; MULTIPLIER EFFECTS; NETWORK EFFECTS; ONLINE VIDEO; SOCIAL MEDIA; USER-GENERATED CONTENT;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 84963594962     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: 1557928X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.2015.1138368     Document Type: Article

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