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Social Enterprise and Other Social Commerce Topics

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Business social network 

A network that is built on social relationships, and can exist offline or online. Business social networking can take place in traditional corporate physical environments.

Collective intelligence (CI) 

An application of crowdsourcing for problem solving, idea generation, and innovation.

Gamification 

The introduction of gaming into social networking. Gamification can also be viewed as the introduction of social networking activities into online games.

Social business 

Is a name for a profit or nonprofit organization that is designed to achieve some social goal(s) rather than just make profit.

Social collaboration 

People’s collaboration within and between communities enabled by social media tools and platforms.

Social enterprise 

The use of social media tools and platforms and conducting social networking in organizations while the major objectives are either commercial or nonprofit activities (e.g., the government).

Social Internet game 

A video multiplayer game played on the Internet, mostly in social networks or virtual worlds.

Social network game 

A video game that is played in social networks, and usually involves multiplayers.

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Turban, E., King, D., Lee, J.K., Liang, TP., Turban, D.C. (2015). Social Enterprise and Other Social Commerce Topics. In: Electronic Commerce. Springer Texts in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10091-3_8

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