Questions, inspiration, feedback, and contributions: how entrepreneurs network online

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dc.contributor.authorNylander, Stina
dc.contributor.authorRudström, Åsa
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-15T12:02:49Z
dc.date.available2017-04-15T12:02:49Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractThis work investigates how entrepreneurs use social networking sites for business. Through surveys, online discussions and interviews, we have looked at activities, motives for participating on networking sites for business, motives for contributing, and differences between online and offline networking. Our results show that networking, facts finding, and marketing are very common activities while sharing of experience is quite rare. Entrepreneurs connect with new people online rather than reifying offline networks. A novel use of social media is that of small businesses using Facebook as a web hotel. We believe that an important explanation to our results is that social media are still informal and not yet incorporated in traditional work routines.
dc.identifier.doi10.1145/2103354.2103372
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer, London
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 5th International Conference on Communities and Technologies - C&T '11
dc.relation.ispartofseriesC&T
dc.titleQuestions, inspiration, feedback, and contributions: how entrepreneurs network online
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gi.citation.endPage137
gi.citation.startPage128
gi.conference.date29 June – 2 July 2011
gi.conference.locationThe Edge, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
gi.conference.sessiontitleFull Papers

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