Investigating the impact of online word-of-mouth on hotel sales with panel data

International Conference on Management Science and Engineering - Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3-9

  Lu, Qi ^a   Xiao, Lei ^a   Ye, Qiang ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

hotel; panel data; review; star rating

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER REVIEW; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EXPERIENCE GOODS; HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY; MODERATING EFFECT; PANEL DATA; RAPID GROWTH; STAR RATINGS; TRAVEL SERVICES;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; RATING; REVIEWS; SALES; STARS;

HOTELS;

EID: 84874379349     PISSN: 21551847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMSE.2012.6414153     Document Type: Conference Paper

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