Consumer perceptions of third party product quality ratings

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1067-1073

  De Maeyer, Peter ^b   Estelami, Hooman ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Product quality; Ratings; Reviews; Service quality; Testimonials

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959952064     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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