Influence of Social Media Emotional Word of Mouth on Institutional Investors’ Decisions and Firm Value

Hang Nguyen
Hang Nguyen
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Department of Marketing, Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824;
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Roger Calantone
Roger Calantone
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Department of Marketing, Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824;
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Ranjani Krishnan
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Ranjani Krishnan
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Department of Accounting and Information Systems, Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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Hang Nguyen

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7712-2485

Department of Marketing, Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824;

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Roger Calantone

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Department of Marketing, Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824;

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Ranjani Krishnan

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Ranjani Krishnan

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Department of Accounting and Information Systems, Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824

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Published Online:19 Sep 2019https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2018.3226

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