The effects of incorporating compensatory choice strategies in Web-based consumer decision support systems

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 359-374

  Song, Jaeki ^a   Jones, Donald ^a   Gudigantala, Naveen ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Decision strategies; Effectiveness; Effort; Satisfaction; Web based decision support systems

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WEBSITES;

DECISION STRATEGIES; EFFECTIVENESS; WEB-BASED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 33846811665     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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