Knowledge sharing between individuals has traditionally been conducted using face-to-face conversation. In the networked society - initially formed by telegraphs and the phone and nowadays powered by the Internet – many acts of knowledge sharing are carried out in a mediated fashion. While...

In this paper, we analyze the relation of private and public information spaces in organizations and its implication for organizational knowledge management. By private information spaces, we mean all (electronic) information, which is only accessible by a single person in an organization (e.g....

In this paper we study the situation of scholarly communication in Economics and Business Studies in Germany. We combine findings from an online survey, focus group interviews and a panel discussion. Some of the results of the survey are that economists at German universities and research...

In this paper we study the situation of scholarly communication in Economics and Business Studies in Germany. We combine findings from an online survey, focus group interviews and a panel discussion. Some of the results of the survey are that economists at German universities and research...

Auction fever is a multifaceted phenomenon thatis frequently observed in both traditional and Internetauctions. In order to gain a better understanding of itscauses, we develop a conceptual framework to analyzeemotions in auctions, which is based on an exhaustiveliterature review. The framework...

Recent research strengthens the conjecture that human decision-making stems from a complexinteraction of rational judgment and emotional processes. A prominent example of the impact ofemotions in economic decision-making is the effect of regret-related information feedback on biddingbehaviour in...

At the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the Graduate School InformationManagement and Market Engineering (IME) which is financed by the GermanResearch Association (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG), offers an interdisciplinarydoctoral program on the economic, technological and legal...

Innovation and technological change has always been recognized as a motor for economicgrowth in economic literature. It is also agreed amongst economists that competition fostersinnovation, and thus, is an essential component of economic progress (Teece, 1992).Coase (1937, p. 388) remarks in his...