To whom should i listen? Finding reputable reviewers in opinion-sharing communities

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 534-542

  Ku, Yi Cheng ^a   Wei, Chih Ping ^b   Hsiao, Han Wei ^c  

^a PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electronic word of mouth; Opinion forum; Reputation estimation; Review quality; Web trust network

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE;

ELECTRONIC WORD OF MOUTHS; OPINION FORUM; REPUTATION ESTIMATION; REVIEW QUALITY; WEB TRUST NETWORKS;

MARKETING;

EID: 84862569637     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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