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The Social Enterprise: From Recruiting to Problem Solving and Collaboration

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Social Commerce

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Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to: 1. Define social enterprise and describe its types and benefits. 2. Describe business-oriented public social networks. 3. Explain what enterprise social networks are and what their value is. 4. Discuss the online employment market, including its participants, and benefits. 5. Describe managerial problem solving, knowledge management, and dissemination in social commerce. 6. Describe and discuss online advisory systems. 7. Define crowdsourcing and describe its use in social commerce. 8. Explain how social media enhances collaboration.

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  1. Pacific Institute for ISM, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA

    Efraim Turban

  2. Managerial Sciences Department, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA

    Judy Strauss

  3. School of Business, Macao Polytechnic Institute, Rua Luis Gonzaga Gomes, Macao

    Linda Lai

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Turban, E., Strauss, J., Lai, L. (2016). The Social Enterprise: From Recruiting to Problem Solving and Collaboration. In: Social Commerce. Springer Texts in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17028-2_8

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