Who Contributes Knowledge? Core-Periphery Tension in Online Innovation Communities
Published Online:15 Dec 2020https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2020.1364
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- Received:January 09, 2018
- Accepted:December 14, 2019
- Published Online:December 15, 2020
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Hani Safadi, Steven L. Johnson, Samer Faraj (2020) Who Contributes Knowledge? Core-Periphery Tension in Online Innovation Communities. Organization Science 32(3):752-775.
https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2020.1364
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The authors thank Gino Cattani and two anonymous reviewers for guiding feedback. The authors also recognize Ahmed Abbasi, Michael Barrett, Nicholas Berente, Steve Borgatti, Marie-Claude Boudreau, Patrick Cohendet, Kevin Crowston, Peter Gray, Ola Henfridsson, James Howison, Elena Karahanna, Brent Kitchens, Paul Leonardi, Ann Majchrzak, Carolina Salge, Suprateek Sarker, Amrit Tiwana, and Richard Watson for helpful comments on earlier drafts of this paper. The authors benefited from feedback by participants at the Academy of Management 2018 OCIS division, the 2017 Terry College of Business MIS Seminar, and the 2018 Virginia Research Seminar Series.
