Despite their didactical potential many Virtual Learning Communities (VLCs) fail in enhancing learning outcomes. Therefore, we synthesise factors most critical for establishing a successful VLC. Applying a structured literature review, we searched for studies dealing with VLCs in the well known...

Artificial intelligence is an emerging topic and will soon be able to perform decisions better than humans. In more complex and creative contexts such as innovation, however, the question remains whether machines are superior to humans. Machines fail in two kinds of situations: processing and...

The last decade has witnessed the proliferation of crowdsourcing in various academic domains including strategic management, computer science, or IS research. Numerous companies have drawn on this concept and leveraged the wisdom of crowds for various purposes. However, not all crowdsourcing...

Virtuelle Gemeinschaften sind seit langem Gegenstand der Forschung. Zwar gibtes in der Literatur zahlreiche Handlungsleitfäden zu Auf- und Ausbau sowieBetrieb virtueller Gemeinschaften, eine empirische Absicherung der dortpostulierten Erfolgsfaktoren bleiben die meisten Arbeiten aber schuldig....

Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der empirischen Untersuchung vonErfolgsfaktoren für virtuelle Gemeinschaften. Über die Betrachtung und Analyse vonkonkreten Erfolgsfaktoren hinaus sollen auch generelle Aussagen über die sozialeInteraktion und das Verhalten von Mitgliedern und...

Virtual communities have been the focus of research forsome time. However, while many studies providerecommendations on how to build, extend and managevirtual communities, few verify the success factors theyconsider essential for virtual communities. Conclusionsmade regarding basic preferences...