Technology usage and online sales: An empirical study

Management Science

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1930-1945

  De, Prabuddha ^a   Hu, Yu ^a   Rahman, Mohammad S ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; Internet; Online sales; Recommendation; Search; Technology usage

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; LOG DATA; MATCH TECHNOLOGY; ONLINE CONSUMERS; ONLINE SALES; POSITIVE EFFECTS; RECOMMENDATION; RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS; SEARCH; TECHNOLOGY USAGE; TECHNOLOGY USAGES;

INTERNET; SALES; TECHNOLOGY;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 78649720074     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1100.1233     Document Type: Article

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