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Facing an increasing competition, service providers are forced to develop trust and commitment in order to stabilize … and extend their market position. Based upon a theoretical framework, the paper discusses strategies to provide trust … and, therefore, draws hypotheses how consulting companies are enabled to create and enhance trust using communication …
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The first years of the new century are characterised by a persistent stagnation of the European economy. In contrast to the long-term trend, but similarly to the late sixties or early eighties, the economic gap between Europe and the US widens again, giving rise to heated discussions on both...
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In this article a simple game is used to develop a concept of trust that takes account of boundedly rational behavior … there remains a risk that the second mover does not perform as promised. Trust consists of accepting this risk. The paper … also discusses the efficiency of trust and the role of the law in separating trustworthy from non trustworthy people. …
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Existing evidence on the relationship between ethnic heterogeneity, social capital (trust, voluntarism, associational … Diversity, Social Trust, and Civic Engagement, financed by the German Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women …
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Most online feedback mechanisms rely on voluntary reporting of privately observed outcomes. This introduces the potential for reporting bias, a situation where traders exhibit different propensities to report different outcome types to the system. Unless properly accounted for, reporting bias...
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In this report a support system for predicting end prices on eBay is proposed. The end price predictions are based on the item descriptions found in the item listings of eBay, and on some numerical item features. The system uses text mining and boosting algorithms from the field of machine...
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Electronic auctions have rapidly increased in popularity, but the consequences of switching to an electronic auction are unclear. In part this is because multiple changes occur at the same time so one can only observe the combined effect of these changes and not the effect of each separate...
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Electronic auctions have rapidly increased in popularity, but the consequences of switching to an electronic auction are unclear. In part this is because multiple changes occur at the same time so one can only observe the combined effect of these changes and not the effect of each separate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005505043
In this report a support system for predicting end prices on eBay is proposed. The end price predictions are based on the item descriptions found in the item listings of eBay, and on some numerical item features. The system uses text mining and boosting algorithms from the field of machine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005450845
. The reason is that it is more transparent than "standard" tenders. It probably affects the trust of bidders and increases …
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