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Whereas recent research has demonstrated the impact of online product ratings and reviews on product sales, we still have a limited understanding of the individual's decision to contribute these opinions. In this research, we empirically model the individual's decision to provide a product...
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The increasing pervasiveness of the Internet has dramatically changed the way that consumers shop for goods. Consumer …
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This paper examines the informational role of product ratings. We build a theoretical model in which ratings can help consumers figure out how much they would enjoy the product. In our model, a high average rating indicates a high product quality, whereas a high variance of ratings is associated...
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User-generated content on social media platforms and product search engines is changing the way consumers shop for goods online. However, current product search engines fail to effectively leverage information created across diverse social media platforms. Moreover, current ranking algorithms in...
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The social media space has become a common place for communication, networking, and content sharing. Many companies seek marketing and business opportunities via these platforms. However, the link between resources generated from these sites and business performance remains largely unexploited....
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Micro-blogs (e.g., Twitter, Jaiku, Plurk, Tumblr) are starting to become an established category within the general group of social media. Yet, while they rapidly gain interest among consumers and companies alike, there is no evidence to explain why anybody should be interested in an application...
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The article aims at presenting several coordinates of media consumption among Romanian young people and of the relationship they have with different types of communication channels. The articles presents issues related to the access to communication media, the role (function) of mass...
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study addresses the question whether the emergence of broadband internet influences economic and social development. The … results indicate that broadband internet indeed positively affects a number of economically and socially meaningful variables …. To address concerns a reverse causality and omitted variables and to identify causal effects of broadband internet …
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Describes the development of labour market analysis as an alternative approach to manpower planning and reviews the current state of labour market data collection, analysis and dissemination in ten countries. Identifies good practice in the development and use of labour market information for...
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