Virtual Communities for SMEs: A Cautionary Tale of an Electronic Marketplace.
Janice M. BurnPublished in: I3E (2004)
Keyphrases
- virtual communities
- electronic marketplaces
- electronic commerce
- small and medium sized enterprises
- small and medium enterprises
- software agents
- virtual world
- social networks
- information sharing
- reputation systems
- situated learning
- trust management
- trust and reputation systems
- knowledge management
- online communities
- community members
- social aspects
- electronic markets
- multi agent systems
- virtual environment
- supply chain
- business models
- decision support
- critical mass
- learning algorithm
- face to face communication