Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore enablers and constraints in value co-
creation in sponsored online communities, and to identify firm roles in shaping value co …

Word of mouth (WOM) communication is a major part of online consumer interactions,
particularly within the environment of online communities. Nevertheless, existing (offline) …

Ideas competitions appear to be a promising tool for crowdsourcing and open innovation
processes, especially for business-to-business software companies. Active participation of …

This review addresses three contemporary questions on the topic of word of mouth
(WOM):(1) Are WOM and online WOM the same phenomenon?(2) What kind of target is …

Social network sites provide the opportunity for building and maintaining online social
network groups around a specific interest. Despite the increasing use of social networks in …

An extensive body of literature indicates the growing influence of virtual communities not
only on social interaction, spending free time and working, but also on the interaction of …

Given the growing use of the Internet, not only for the purchasing of holidays but also for
exchange of information and sharing experiences, the issue of how social identification is …

Sense of virtual community (SOVC) reflects the feeling that individual members have of
belonging to an online social group. Yet there is a lack of investigation focusing on its …

Trust provides the foundation for the successful implementation and operation of a virtual
community (VC). Trust is an especially relevant success factor in online health-care …

The present study aimed to examine the influence of facilitating conditions on the
effectiveness of a Virtual Community of Practice. To do so, we first analysed the influence of …