The influence of recommendations and consumer reviews on evaluations of websites

Information Systems Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 425-439

  Kumar, Nanda ^a   Benbasat, Izak ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consumer reviews; E commerce; Perceived usefulness; Personalization; Recommendations; Social presence

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION FILTERING;

CONSUMER REVIEWS; PERCEIVED USEFULNESS; PERSONALIZATIONS; RECOMMENDATIONS; SOCIAL PRESENCE;

WEBSITES;

EID: 33847056202     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1060.0107     Document Type: Review

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