Sandeep: I think it is better to speak of community is terms of social networks as opposed to organizational structures (see Barry Wellman's work). An organization may contain many communities within it that exist for formal and informal reasons. Dorine Andrews Georgetown University ----- Original Message ----- From: air-l-request@aoir.org Date: Friday, December 14, 2001 12:01 pm Subject: Air-l digest, Vol 1 #240 - 2 msgs
Today's Topics:
1. Company vs. Community (Sandeep Krishnamurthy) 2. RE: Statistics on Email Messages Sent in US and Internationally in 2000 (Cem Timurkan)
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Message: 1 From: "Sandeep Krishnamurthy" <sandeep@u.washington.edu> To: <air-l@aoir.org> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 09:17:59 -0800 Subject: [Air-l] Company vs. Community Reply-To: air-l@aoir.org
Colleagues,
I teach an MBA E-Commerce class. In the customary class on online communities, we started off with a simple question- "What is the differencebetween a (for-profit)company and a community?"
This seemingly simple question tied us up into knots as we tried to identify attributes that distinguished the two. The ones we did come up with included contractual vs. voluntary membership, rigid vs. loose organizational structure, paid vs. unpaid participants etc. I think you see where I am going.
At the end of the discussion, one student(who has a Ph.D in biology) said- "Isn't community an all-encompassing construct? Can it not be argued that a company is really a type of community?" While I respected his comments, it really underscored the need to understand this better.
I know community is a construct that is backed by decades of research. I have seen some of the seminal works- but perhaps, not all.
How would you answer the basic question I started out with?
Best, Sandeep
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Message: 2 From: "Cem Timurkan" <timurkan@olisys.com> To: <air-l@aoir.org> Subject: RE: [Air-l] Statistics on Email Messages Sent in US and Internationally in 2000 Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 12:08:32 -0500 Reply-To: air-l@aoir.org
I think I might answer to this question. First of, log on to www.emarketer.com. Scroll down, and type 'e-mail messages sent' in the search box. After that, you'll receive 9 documents at the resulting page. I think the first two might help. However, those two would likely focus on the U.S. Have a nice day.
Sincerely,
Cem Timurkan Information Department MeZUN.COM, Inc. 3500 Boston St. Suite 322 Baltimore, MD 21224 Phone (USA): +1-410-327-9100 Fax (USA) : +1-410-327-0909 ctimurkan@mezun.com The First Turkish-American Portal www.MeZUN.com
-----Original Message----- From: air-l-admin@aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin@aoir.org]On Behalf Of nbaron@american.edu Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 7:26 PM To: air-l@aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] Statistics on Email Messages Sent in US and Internationally in 2000
Would anyone have handy statistics (and credible references) on the approximate number of email messages sent in the US as well as globally in 2000? Thanks.
Naomi Baron Professor of Linguistics American University Washington, DC 20016
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