Virtual internet communities and commercial success: individual and community-level theory grounded in the atypical case of TimeZone.com

By Frank T. Rothaermel, Stephen Sugiyama. 2001

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Subfields: Communication, Computer Science Applications, Sociology and Political Science

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The role of online and offline features in sustaining virtual communities: an empirical study (2007, background): “Rothaermel and Sugiyama (2001) argued that offline communication might be a significant factor in explaining community members’ embeddedness, thus strengthening the relationship-building process of virtual communities.”
The Influence of On-Line Brand Community Characteristics on Community Commitment and Brand Loyalty (2008, background): “However, Rothaermel and Sugiyama note that on-line communities may not be a complete substitute for personal, simultaneous, one-to-one interaction, either vocally or face-to-face [49].”
Linking information systems and entrepreneurship: A review and agenda for IT‐associated and digital entrepreneurship research (2018, methodology): “In another example article (Rothaermel & Sugiyama, 2001) on virtual communities, we coded the use of IT for the infrastructure management part, the customer interface, and the product/service pillars.”
Overcoming Mass Confusion: Collaborative Customer Co-Design in Online Communities (2005, unknown): “…benefits of virtual communities for business purposes (Armstrong & Hagel, 1996; Barnatt, 1998; Brown, Tilton & Woodside, 2002; Bughin & Hagel, 2000; Hagel & Armstrong, 1997; Horrigan, 2001; Jones & Rafaeli, 1998; Rothaermel & Sugiyama, 2001; Schubert & Ginsburg, 2000; Williams & Cothrel, 2000).”
Knowledge sharing in virtual communities: an e-business perspective (2004, background): “ Rothaermel and Sugiyama (2001) noted that a virtual community may not be a complete substitute for personal, simultaneous, oneto-one interaction, either vocally or face to face.”
International Market Entry by U.S. Internet Firms: An Empirical Analysis of Country Risk, National Culture, and Market Size (2006, background): “Internet-mediated transactions depersonalize business transactions (Rothaermel & Sugiyama, 2001).”
Structure and time evolution of an Internet dating community (2002, methodology): “To construct network data and large graphs based on more spontaneous patterns of human interaction than e.g. co-authorship and co-actorship, one can consider data from e-mail exchange (Ebel, Mielsch et al. 2002) or user activity in Internet communities (Rothaermel and Sugiyama 2001; Smith 2002).”
Encouraging participation in virtual communities (2007, background): “A virtual community can be seen as a group in which individuals come together around a shared purpose, interest, or goal [11].”
Patterns and dynamics of users' behavior and interaction: Network analysis of an online community (2009, background): “However, unlike recent studies of online communities (Ahn et al., 2007; Holme et al., 2004; Rothaermel & Sugiyama, 2001), we examine online communication between users that belong to the same institution and are in spatial proximity with one another.”