Examining the relationship between reviews and sales: The role of reviewer identity disclosure in electronic markets

Information Systems Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 291-313

  Forman, Chris ^a   Ghose, Anindya ^b   Wiesenfeld, Batia ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital markets; Identity disclosure; Information processing; Internet retailing; Online reviews; Social identity; User generated content; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; SALES; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); VIRTUAL REALITY;

DIGITAL MARKETS; IDENTITY DISCLOSURE; INTERNET RETAILING; ONLINE REVIEWS; SOCIAL IDENTITY; USER-GENERATED CONTENT; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 48449101733     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1080.0193     Document Type: Review

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