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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Himmel, Maria Azua, 1960-
The social factor : innovate, ignite, and win through mass collaboration and social networking / Himmel Maria Azua.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-13-701890-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Social networks. I. Title.
HM741.H56 2009
306.4'602856754--dc22
2009023428
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