e-commerce product recommendation agents: Use, characteristics, and impact

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 137-209

  Bo, Xiao ^a   Benbasat, Izak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adoption; Consumer decision making; Electronic commerce; Product recommendation agent; Trust

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ONLINE SEARCHING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOFTWARE AGENTS;

INFORMATION OVERLOADS; PRODUCT RECOMMENDATION AGENTS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 33847704486     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148784     Document Type: Article

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