In this paper we develop a theory of patenting in which a firm preserves its reputation to only apply for a patent … reputation to be preserved in equilibrium and analyze which market environments are favorable for such an equilibrium to exist …

Reputation systems aim to induce honest behavior in online trade by providing information about past conduct of users …. Online reputation, however, is not directly connected to a person, but only to the virtual identity of that person. Users can … therefore shed a negative reputation by creating a new account. We study the effects of such identity changes on the efficiency …

Reputation systems aim to induce honest behavior in online trade by providing information about past conduct of users …. Online reputation, however, is not directly connected to a person, but only to the virtual identity of that person. Users can … therefore shed a negative reputation by creating a new account. We study the effects of such identity changes on the efficiency …

Building on the seminal paper of Ordover, Saloner and Salop (1990), I study the role of reputation building on … foreclosure in laboratory experiments. In one-shot interactions, upstream firms can choose to build a reputation by revealing … their price history to the current upstream competitor. In particular, integrated firms can establish a reputation to …

This paper studies a repeated-game model in which firms can build a reputation for rewarding innovative employees. In …

The issue of corporate reputation management in the time of accelerated digitization has been a subject of research by … academics and practitioners for more than a decade. The aim of this study was to provide an insight into the issue of reputation … sophisticated online reputation analysis (sentiment analysis, analysis of reputation determinants, and data synthesis through the …