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Can I trust you? : The importance of trust when doing business on P2P online platforms

This report has focused on how important a buyers eWOM is compared to his/her visual information when sellers decide if they can trust this buyer. A focus company was Airbnb, an online P2P platform where private individuals can rent out their living quarters to other private persons. The method involved sending out online web surveys to approximately 200 students in Högskolan Kristianstad. Results from these surveys suggests that a buyer’s eWOM and visual information had little or no impact upon if a seller decides to trust this buyer or not. The variable that had the most significant impact upon trust and thus the host’s intention to rent was the variable risk propensity.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hkr-16225
Date January 2016
CreatorsAndersson, David, Kobaslic, Bojan
PublisherHögskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle, Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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