Presentations

2019

When More is Less: The Effect of Add-on Insurance on the Consumption of Professional Services

The perceived risk of professional services (e.g., education and surgeries) is typically much higher than that of commodity goods, due …

Disentangling the Effect of Longitudinal Consumer Reviews On Professional Service

Online diaries are series of posts generated by consumers in chronological order to record their post-consumption experience over time. …

What Can Images Tell Us: A Predication Study based on Facial Analysis

Cosmetic surgery is a type of highly risky service and consumers usually suffer from an unsatisfying consequence after taking surgery. …

Disentangling the effect of Reciprocity on Online Knowledge Sharing Communities

Researchers have studied reciprocity as a motivation for users to share knowledge online. In this study, we focus on two different …

The Impact of Ex post Risk-Reduction Mechanism on Online Sales: Evidence from Complications Insurance for Cosmetic Surgeries

The perceived risk of professional services (e.g., education and surgeries) is typically much higher than that of commodity goods, due …

Online Diaries and Professional Service

Online diaries, series of posts generated by consumers in chronological order to record their post-consumption experience over time, …

A New Method to Understand the Online Word of Mouth Dynamics: Multi-View Sequential Canonical Covariance Analysis

In today’s economy, nearly all products and services generate WOM communication on social media. However, at least three challenges …

2018

Online Diaries and Risky Products

Recently, as eWOM expands into the medical service area, such as cosmetic surgery, new advances have been developed to accommodate to …

Invested or Indebted: Ex ante and Ex post Reciprocity in Online Knowledge Sharing Communities

Online communities that curate knowledge critically depend on high-quality contributions from anonymous expert users. Understanding …

2017

Impacts of Online Diaries on Sales of Credence Goods: Evidence from a Cosmetic Surgery Platform

Credence goods are defined as products whose quality is difficult to evaluate. While online reviews have found to be effective in …