This paper adds to the growing literature on the formation of online communities from an historical perspective by telling of the emergence and development of a service for speedy, online distribution of recent additions to the broad literatures on economics and related areas called NEP: New Economics Papers as well as the online community that grew around it. We provide details of the social and technological challenges for its construction as well as the evolution of its governance. The development of NEP provides an illustrative example for the kind of new business models that have emerged as the Internet has been used by creative minds to provide existing services in a new way
While much has been written about virtual knowledge communities, particularly in how to create and s...
The debate over the contribution of the Internet to democracy is far from settled. Some point to the...
From its earliest years, the development of the Internet was grounded in economic relations, be it w...
This paper adds to the growing literature on the formation of online communities from an historical ...
This brief article tells of the emergence and development of a service for speedy, on-line distribut...
The Internet was at its inception a commons rather than a marketplace. Increasingly, however, commun...
This document presents the research I have undertaken over the last decade. It is both retrospective...
We study how the democratization of the diffusion of research through the Internet could have helped...
About the book: This peer-reviewed collection represents some of the finest research presented at t...
Internet based services, particularly asynchronous communication services, offer an environment suit...
The papers in this issue of First Monday were originally presented as a series of panels at the Asso...
Internet based services, particularly asynchronous communication services, offer an environment suit...
This article examines several developments in electronic technology which appear to hold great poten...
The innovations that became the foundation for the Internet originate from two eras that illustrate ...
In recent times, online communities are emerging as a potential source of information technology-led...
While much has been written about virtual knowledge communities, particularly in how to create and s...
The debate over the contribution of the Internet to democracy is far from settled. Some point to the...
From its earliest years, the development of the Internet was grounded in economic relations, be it w...
This paper adds to the growing literature on the formation of online communities from an historical ...
This brief article tells of the emergence and development of a service for speedy, on-line distribut...
The Internet was at its inception a commons rather than a marketplace. Increasingly, however, commun...
This document presents the research I have undertaken over the last decade. It is both retrospective...
We study how the democratization of the diffusion of research through the Internet could have helped...
About the book: This peer-reviewed collection represents some of the finest research presented at t...
Internet based services, particularly asynchronous communication services, offer an environment suit...
The papers in this issue of First Monday were originally presented as a series of panels at the Asso...
Internet based services, particularly asynchronous communication services, offer an environment suit...
This article examines several developments in electronic technology which appear to hold great poten...
The innovations that became the foundation for the Internet originate from two eras that illustrate ...
In recent times, online communities are emerging as a potential source of information technology-led...
While much has been written about virtual knowledge communities, particularly in how to create and s...
The debate over the contribution of the Internet to democracy is far from settled. Some point to the...
From its earliest years, the development of the Internet was grounded in economic relations, be it w...