Global Village or Cyber-Balkans? Modeling and Measuring the Integration of Electronic Communities

Marshall Van Alstyne
Marshall Van Alstyne
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Boston University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 595 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215
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Erik Brynjolfsson
Erik Brynjolfsson
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 30 Wadsworth Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
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Marshall Van Alstyne

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Boston University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 595 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215

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Erik Brynjolfsson

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 30 Wadsworth Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142

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Published Online:1 Jun 2005https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1050.0363

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