How to harness social influence for good
Thanks to TikTok, Twitter, Instagram et al, we are living in the age of social influence. But how can influence be harnessed to make the world a better place?
Feb 6, 2023
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Information Systems Research
- Publisher
- Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
- Country
- United States
- History
- 1990-present
- Website
- http://isr.journal.informs.org/
- Impact factor
- 3.358 (2010)
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