Human communication in organizations often involves a large amount of gossiping about others. Here we study in an …

which they usually take different positions. Two examples of such structures are communication networks and hierarchies. In … feasible sets in communication networks and compare them with feasible sets arising from hierarchies. …

-known commitment problem by introducing communication. Allowing the upstream firm to chat privately with each downstream firm reduces … total offered quantity from near the Cournot level (observed in the absence of communication) halfway toward the monopoly … bargaining advantage from open communication that all of the gains from monopolizing the market accrue to them. A simple …

We study how upward communication - from workers to managers - about individual efforts affects the effectiveness of …

Human communication in organizations often involves a large amount of gossiping about others. Here we study in an …

Communication has been regarded as one of the most effective devices in promoting team cooperation. But asymmetric … communication sometimes breeds collusion and is detrimental to team efficiency. Here, we present experimental evidence showing that … excluding one member from team communication hurts team cooperation: the communicating partners collude in profit allocation …