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Part B: Empirical study

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Having defined the research framework for this thesis comprehensively, this part B documents the empirical study conducted for contributing to the research on member specialization in OIC. The chosen research design, data gathering and preparation process is presented, before a two-step approach consisting of a larger quantitative assessment followed by various detailed qualitative investigations is accomplished.

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Bierwald, J. (2014). Part B: Empirical study. In: Specialization in Online Innovation Communities. Forschungs-/Entwicklungs-/Innovations-Management. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-05318-5_3

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