How microblog follower networks affect open source software project success

ICIS 2010 Proceedings - Thirty First International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Yang, Xuan ^a   Hu, Daning ^a   Davison, Robert M ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Microblogging; Oss; Preferential attachment; Project success; Structural holes

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; OPEN SYSTEMS;

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; EFFICIENT COMMUNICATIONS; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; MICRO-BLOGGING; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE PROJECTS; PREFERENTIAL ATTACHMENTS; PROJECT SUCCESS; STRUCTURAL HOLES;

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE;

EID: 85069299485     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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