INNOVATION AND VALUE CREATION IN VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES

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1. Which virtual community are you involved in/contributing to ? If you actually belong to more than one, name the community you partecipate the most and answer the following questions accordingly.

Which virtual community are you involved in/contributing to ? If you actually belong to more than one, name the community you partecipate the most and answer the following questions accordingly.

2. What are the elements that best describe the goals/purposes of this community? You can select up to 3 choices.

What are the elements that best describe the goals/purposes of this community? You can select up to 3 choices. test and launch a new product crowdfinancing fundraising	business networking project development software development	make new friends / find old friends socialize and date share common interests
Other (please specify)

3. How many hours per week do you generally spend within the community?

How many hours per week do you generally spend within the community? less than 2 hour

up to 5 hours

between 6 and 15 hours

between 15 and 30

more than 30 hours

4. What is your role, if any, inside this community? Up to 2 choices allowed.

What is your role, if any, inside this community? Up to 2 choices allowed. software developer external visitor user/customer group/project administrator	idea contributor info aggregator product tester none particularly
Other (please specify)

5. What personally motivates you to join and contribute your time and talent to this community?

	a lot	enough	can't say	a little	irrelevant
Presence of shared goals	What personally motivates you to join and contribute your time and talent to this community? Presence of shared goals a lot	enough	can't say	a little	irrelevant
Attitude towards participation	Attitude towards participation a lot	enough	can't say	a little	irrelevant
Pure fun	Pure fun a lot	enough	can't say	a little	irrelevant
Altruism	Altruism a lot	enough	can't say	a little	irrelevant
Enhance community knowledge and skills	Enhance community knowledge and skills a lot	enough	can't say	a little	irrelevant
Build friendships	Build friendships a lot	enough	can't say	a little	irrelevant
Lack of hierarchical structure	Lack of hierarchical structure a lot	enough	can't say	a little	irrelevant
Fulfil personal objectives	Fulfil personal objectives a lot	enough	can't say	a little	irrelevant
Presence of marketing and business opportunities	Presence of marketing and business opportunities a lot	enough	can't say	a little	irrelevant
Prove your capabilities	Prove your capabilities a lot	enough	can't say	a little	irrelevant
Compete with your community-peers	Compete with your community-peers a lot	enough	can't say	a little	irrelevant
Monetary incentives	Monetary incentives a lot	enough	can't say	a little	irrelevant
Exploit people knowledge and skills	Exploit people knowledge and skills a lot	enough	can't say	a little	irrelevant
Looking for connections/partnerships	Looking for connections/partnerships a lot	enough	can't say	a little	irrelevant

Other (please specify)

6. In your opinion, what elements enable this community to work effectively?

	very important	important	can't say	not important	irrelevant
Community reputation	In your opinion, what elements enable this community to work effectively? Community reputation very important	important	can't say	not important	irrelevant
Level of competencies and knowledge spread	Level of competencies and knowledge spread very important	important	can't say	not important	irrelevant
Presence of notoriously recognized members	Presence of notoriously recognized members very important	important	can't say	not important	irrelevant
Established social or/and ethical principles	Established social or/and ethical principles very important	important	can't say	not important	irrelevant
Presence of reward mechanisms for dedicated members	Presence of reward mechanisms for dedicated members very important	important	can't say	not important	irrelevant
Not-for-profit orientation	Not-for-profit orientation very important	important	can't say	not important	irrelevant
Adoption of Creative Commons distribution licenses	Adoption of Creative Commons distribution licenses very important	important	can't say	not important	irrelevant
Community scale	Community scale very important	important	can't say	not important	irrelevant
Transparent communication and decision-making process	Transparent communication and decision-making process very important	important	can't say	not important	irrelevant
Profit oriented	Profit oriented very important	important	can't say	not important	irrelevant
Level of creativity and expressiveness made possible	Level of creativity and expressiveness made possible very important	important	can't say	not important	irrelevant
Politically committed	Politically committed very important	important	can't say	not important	irrelevant

Other (please specify)

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