%0 Journal Article %T Knowledge Spillovers: The Virtual Generation %A Marcela C. Revilla E %A Sebastian Kelle %J Communications of the IBIMA %D 2008 %I IBIMA Publishing %X This paper highlights features of the Web 2.0 and its evolution into Web Societies, the Virtual Generation, or Generation V¡¯s, major contrivance for knowledge diffusion (knowledge spillovers). Web 2.0 has set the bases for a highly intensive environment for knowledge creation and collaboration processes, with important implications for the nature of technological change. This work aims to present a documented, exploratory rather than explanatory study, based on descriptive definitions of the evolution of Web Societies and their implications for knowledge dissemination, on which to later base an empirical analysis. %K Virtual Generation %U http://www.ibimapublishing.com/journals/CIBIMA/volume2/v2n2.html