The importance of incentive mechanisms has long been recognized in sustaining online communities. However, many existing community systems have rigid systemimposed incentive mechanisms that preclude user appropriations of the incentives. We draw upon recent investigations of the role of virtual currency (VC), a form of incentive, in a vibrant online community in order to highlight emergent practices that were enabled, facilitated and manifested through exchanges of virtual currency among users. Our study shows evidence that these user appropriations of VC help sustain the community and fulfill users??? broader needs on these systems
Relying on the rapid development of information network technology, the leader of knowledge producti...
We use a 575,000-subject, 28-day experiment to investigate monetary policy in a virtual setting. The...
In order to attract and enhance users' commitment to participate in online open innovation communiti...
The importance of incentive mechanisms has long been recognized in sustaining online communities. Ho...
The importance of incentive mechanisms has long been recognized in sustaining online communities. H...
Cooperation incentives are essential in user-centric networks to motivate users to share services an...
Consumers create a great deal of content in the Internet. As they do not get a monetary compensation...
Online incentive mechanisms constitute a strategy to stimulate members to participate and perform ta...
Due to the rapid development of information and communication technologies, many activities in our d...
The European Central Bank defines virtual currencies as ”unregulated, digital money, which is issue...
In this paper, we set out to examine how individual and organizational benefits are created in virtu...
The proliferation of online communities on the Internet nowadays may lead people to the conclusion t...
International audienceIn this paper, we argue for the benefits of enabling the self-organisation of ...
From its earliest years, the development of the Internet was grounded in economic relations, be it w...
Extrinsic motivation may affect knowledge sharing in a virtual community. As virtual communities hav...
Relying on the rapid development of information network technology, the leader of knowledge producti...
We use a 575,000-subject, 28-day experiment to investigate monetary policy in a virtual setting. The...
In order to attract and enhance users' commitment to participate in online open innovation communiti...
The importance of incentive mechanisms has long been recognized in sustaining online communities. Ho...
The importance of incentive mechanisms has long been recognized in sustaining online communities. H...
Cooperation incentives are essential in user-centric networks to motivate users to share services an...
Consumers create a great deal of content in the Internet. As they do not get a monetary compensation...
Online incentive mechanisms constitute a strategy to stimulate members to participate and perform ta...
Due to the rapid development of information and communication technologies, many activities in our d...
The European Central Bank defines virtual currencies as ”unregulated, digital money, which is issue...
In this paper, we set out to examine how individual and organizational benefits are created in virtu...
The proliferation of online communities on the Internet nowadays may lead people to the conclusion t...
International audienceIn this paper, we argue for the benefits of enabling the self-organisation of ...
From its earliest years, the development of the Internet was grounded in economic relations, be it w...
Extrinsic motivation may affect knowledge sharing in a virtual community. As virtual communities hav...
Relying on the rapid development of information network technology, the leader of knowledge producti...
We use a 575,000-subject, 28-day experiment to investigate monetary policy in a virtual setting. The...
In order to attract and enhance users' commitment to participate in online open innovation communiti...