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Turning a Community into a Market: A Practice Perspective on Information Technology Use in Boundary Spanning

NATALIA LEVINA New York University Stern School of Business
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EMMANUELLE VAAST Long Island University
Pages 13-37 | Published online: 08 Dec 2014

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