The purpose of this study is to examine the relational norms that determine social capital-an intangible resource embedded in and accumulated through a specific social structure. The social structure examined in this study is a virtual community created through text-based conversations oriented...

In today’s technological environment, rapid advances have considerably increased the number of service delivery options available to companies. Consequently, in addition to the traditional network of channel intermediaries, many firms have established Customer Interaction Centers (CICs) to...

The potential to reconcile economic benefits to the firm with the social needs of customers has made commercial virtual communities a popular tool for companies to support their core products/service with a value-added service option. An important key to the success of such a virtual community...