Firm Competitive Structure and Consumer Reaction in Search Advertising
Journal of the Association for Information Systems
We find that search engine users are more likely to co-visit firms from the same strategic group when multiple group members appear in search results. Moreover, the mere presence of a single group member primes users to visit other group members — even if they do not appear.
Cheng Nie is an associate professor of information systems and business analytics His paper is published in the Journal of the Association for Information Systems.