Many Internet markets rely on feedback systems', essentially social networks of reputation, to facilitate trust and trustworthiness in anonymous transactions. Market competition creates incentives that arguably may enhance or curb the effectiveness of these systems. We investigate how different...

Überarbeitetes Referat, das von Frau Prof. Dr. Claudia Loebbecke, Direktorin des Seminars für Medienmanagement der Universität zu Köln, am 11. November 2003 auf der Vortragsveranstaltung „Öffentlich-rechtliche Online-Dienste in der dualen Rundfunkordnung“ des Instituts für...

Many Internet markets rely on quot;feedback systemsquot;, essentially social networks of reputation, to facilitate trust and trustworthiness in anonymous transactions. Market competition creates incentives that arguably may enhance or curb the effectiveness of these systems. We investigate how...

Will the future of book reading be digital? Is the printed book dead?' Questions like these have been found in various newspapers reporting on the Frankfurt Book Fair 2009. eBooks have existed for more than 20 years; their emergence has been discussed for more than a decade. The Association of...

In the IS field there has been an ongoing tradition to study the publication output of the community in order to evaluate the current and potential situation of IS research. In this work, we follow a different strategy and study what IS research claims to be. We look at those socalled 'espoused...

Many Internet markets rely on ‘feedback systems’, essentially social networks of reputation, to facilitate trust and trustworthiness in anonymous transactions. Market competition creates incentives that arguably may enhance or curb the effectiveness of these systems. We investigate how...

Many Internet markets rely on ‘feedback systems’, essentially social networks of reputation, to facilitate trust and trustworthiness in anonymous transactions. Market competition creates incentives that arguably may enhance or curb the effectiveness of these systems. We investigate how...