The value of social shopping networks for product search and the moderating role of network scope

International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2013): Reshaping Society Through Information Systems Design

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 4230-4241

  Grange, Camille ^a,b   Benbasat, Izak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consumer value; Electronic commerce; Information seeking strategies; Social capital; Social media; Social navigation; Social shopping networks

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER VALUE; INFORMATION-SEEKING STRATEGIES; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NAVIGATION;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84897753171     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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