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Mining social network users opinions’ to aid buyers’ shopping decisions

Computers in Human Behavior, 2015
More and more online buyers turn to online reviews, while shopping, to get support in their choices. For instance, D'Avanzo and Kuflik (2013) show that more than 80% of buyers, while shopping online, expect user's or professional reviews services, implemented on the seller's website, that can be consulted before their purchase could take place. However,
Ernesto D'Avanzo, Giovanni Pilato
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Barber shop opinion and rapid transit in Detroit

National Municipal Review, 1929
AbstractAnalysis of campaign publicity methods reveals interesting exhibits in the case of Dignity versus Dash.
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Opinion-shopping: illusie of realiteit?

2011
Een onafhankelijke en externe controle op de beweringen van de bedrijfsleiding versterkt het vertrouwen van de belanghebbenden in de financiële informatie. In België gebeurt de wettelijke controle op het getrouwe beeld van de jaarrekening door een commissaris (hierna: auditor).
De Muylder, Jan, Breesch, Diane
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Opinion Shopping and Audit Committees [PDF]

, 2002
This paper tests whether companies engage in opinion shopping and examines the role of audit committees when auditors are dismissed (1996-98). There are three findings. First, US companies strategically dismiss when incumbent auditors are more likely to issue unfavorable audit opinions compared to newly appointed auditors.
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Empirical evidence of audit opinion shopping in Iran

Asian Review of Accounting
Purpose The aim of this study is to develop a comprehensive index for evaluating the audit opinion shopping. To achieve this, various criteria have been taken into account to create an index that effectively assesses the extent of this practice.
Esmaeil Amiri, Hossein Fakhari
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Audit Pricing, Start-Up Cost and Opinion Shopping [PDF]

Journal of Accounting and Management Information Systems, 2014
The purpose of this paper is to predict the association between the effect of start-up cost and audit opinion shopping on the pricing strategies of medium-sized audit firms. Using a sample of 753 local –office-year observations between 2006 and 2011, we find evidence of a positive association between higher audit pricing of new private client and audit
Oladipupo Muhrtala Tijani, Ahmad Bukola Uthman, Zayyad Abdul-Baki, Lukman Adebayo Oke   +3 more
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Audit fees, motivation of avoiding loss and opinion shopping

China Finance Review International, 2011
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to empirically analyze the impacts of motivation for avoiding loss and actual abnormal audit fees on management behaviors of audit opinion shopping.Design/methodology/approachUsing empirical research methods, this study employs regressive models and moderating effect models with data from Chinese listed companies ...
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Opinion Shopping, Audit Firm Dismissals, and Audit Committees

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2002
This paper tests whether SEC registrants engage in opinion shopping and examines the role of audit committees when auditors are dismissed (1996-98). There are three main findings. First, companies strategically dismiss incumbent auditors if they are more likely to issue unfavorable audit opinions compared to newly appointed auditors.
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Literature review on audit opinion-shopping

2018
Treball Final de Grau en Finances i Comptabilitat. Codi: FC1049.
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Analyst following, financial constraint, and audit opinion shopping: From the perspective of earning management

Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting, 2023
Zhijun Lin
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