Virtual Progress: The Effect of Path Characteristics on Perceptions of Progress and Choice

Management Science

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1229-1250

  Soman, Dilip ^a   Shi, Mengze ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioral Decision Making; Choice; Goal Oriented Services; Path Characteristics; Progress; Transportation

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CONSUMER SATISFACTION;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

EID: 0142095173     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.49.9.1229.16574     Document Type: Article

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