On self-selection biases in online product reviews

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 449-471

  Hu, Nan ^a   Pavlou, Paul A ^b   Zhang, Jie ^c  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical modeling; Consumer behavior; Econometric models; Electronic commerce; Online product reviews; Product quality; Product uncertainty; Product value; Sales forecasting; Self selection biases

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ONLINE SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING; SALES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ECONOMETRIC MODEL; ONLINE PRODUCT REVIEWS; PRODUCT UNCERTAINTIES; PRODUCT VALUE; SALES FORECASTING; SELF-SELECTION BIAS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 85019864394     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: 21629730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2017/41.2.06     Document Type: Review

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