Capitalizing on Content: Information Adoption in Two Online communities
نویسندگان
چکیده
Wei Zhang College of Management University of Massachusetts Boston
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عنوان ژورنال:
- J. AIS
دوره 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008