Blockbuster culture's next rise or fall: The impact of recommender systems on sales diversity

Management Science

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 697-712

  Fleder, Daniel ^a   Hosanagar, Kartik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advertising and media; Application contexts sectors; Electronic commerce; It impacts on industry and market structure; It policy and management; Marketing

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISING AND MEDIA; CHOICE MODEL; HISTORICAL DATA; IN-LINE; IT IMPACTS ON INDUSTRY AND MARKET STRUCTURE; IT POLICY AND MANAGEMENT; NEW PRODUCT; RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS;

DECISION THEORY; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

SALES;

EID: 67649933906     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1080.0974     Document Type: Article

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