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Social Enterprise and Other Social Commerce Topics

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Introduction to Electronic Commerce and Social Commerce

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Abstract

Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to:

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    Understand the concept of the social enterprise and its variants.

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    Describe business-oriented public social networks, their characteristics and benefits.

  3. 3.

    Describe the major social commerce activities that can be conducted within and by enterprises and the characteristics of such private social networks.

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    Discuss the online employment market, including its participants and benefits.

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    Review the social commerce activities and their relationship with e-entertainment and gaming.

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    Describe social gaming and gamification.

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    Define crowdsourcing and crowdfunding and describe their use in social commerce.

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    Describe social collaboration and its benefits. Also comment on the future of social commerce.

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Turban, E., Whiteside, J., King, D., Outland, J. (2017). Social Enterprise and Other Social Commerce Topics. In: Introduction to Electronic Commerce and Social Commerce. Springer Texts in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50091-1_8

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