Authenticity and consumer value ratings: Empirical tests from the restaurant domain

Organization Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 458-478

  Kovács, Balázs ^a   Carroll, Glenn R ^b   Lehman, David W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Consumer value ratings; Online reviews; Organization theory; Restaurants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897854269     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2013.0843     Document Type: Article

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