Toward a theory of remixing in online innovation communities

Information Systems Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 773-791

  Stanko, Michael A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D printing; Innovation diffusion theory; Online innovation communities; Remixing; User generated content

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; OBSERVABILITY; ONLINE SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEBSITES;

3-D PRINTING; INNOVATION DIFFUSION THEORY; ONLINE INNOVATIONS; REMIXING; USER-GENERATED CONTENT;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 85010470260     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.2016.0650     Document Type: Article

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