Today's research progress in the field of multi-document summarization is obstructed by the
small number of available datasets. Since the acquisition of reference summaries is costly …

This paper investigates the influence of ratings on an emerging third-party software
application market, app market. Given the nature of software application as experience good …

In this work we investigate how the introduction of the Verified Purchase (VP) badge on
Amazon. com affected both the review helpfulness and the product ratings. We first conduct …

This paper explores the fundamental influence of consumer rating behavior on an emerging
third-party software application market, mobile app market. In app market, consumers' ex …

With the rapid growth of the Internet and the increasing ability of its users to generate and
publish content, active online communities have emerged. These online communities often …

The development of the Internet and technology led to increasingly more digital consumers,
who are tired of being marketed to. Thus, many companies started adopting reviews as part …

Free sampling of information goods has become a common business practice in expectation
of reducing consumers' uncertainty of product quality and helping product diffusion, yet …

Consumers have been widely searching information on third-party and retail websites
before making product choices, yet receiving limited systematic investigation of how …

Consumers consistently resort to online Word-of-Mouth (WOM) in online shopping, thanks to
the reach of the Internet and various web tools. Nevertheless, they are confronting relatively …

Daily deals have emerged as an integral part of the marketing mix for retail merchants and
have enjoyed wide acceptance by consumers. However, there is considerable ambiguity …