Doing business with strangers: Reputation in online service marketplaces

Information Systems Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 865-886

  Moreno, Antonio ^a   Terwiesch, Christian ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auctions; Online service marketplaces; Procurement; Reputation

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DATA MINING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INVESTMENTS; SALES; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

AUCTIONS; ON-LINE SERVICE; PROCUREMENT; REPUTATION; REPUTATION SYSTEMS; SELLER REPUTATIONS; TEXT MINING TECHNIQUES; TRANSACTIONAL DATA;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84923308449     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.2014.0549     Document Type: Article

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