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Towards the development of an explainable e-commerce fake review index: An attribute analytics approach

Ronnie Das, Wasim Ahmed Orcid Logo, Kshitij Sharma Orcid Logo, Mariann Hardey Orcid Logo, Yogesh Dwivedi Orcid Logo, Ziqi Zhang Orcid Logo, Chrysostomos Apostolidis Orcid Logo, Raffaele Filieri Orcid Logo

European Journal of Operational Research, Volume: 317, Issue: 2, Pages: 382 - 400

Swansea University Author: Yogesh Dwivedi Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.ejor.2024.03.008

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Instruments of corporate risk and reputation assessment tools are quintessentially developed on structured quantitative data linked to financial ratios and macroeconomics. An emerging stream of studies has challenged this norm by demonstrating improved risk assessment and model prediction capabiliti...

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