Conceptualizing the role of evaluation systems in markets: The case of dominant evaluators

Marketing Theory

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-143

  Kwon, Winston ^a   Easton, Geoff ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural goods; External evaluation; League tables; Product evaluation; Rankings; Selection systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953416960     PISSN: 14705931     EISSN: 1741301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470593110366907     Document Type: Article

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