Status and reputation have long been recognized as important influences in management research and recently much … strategic management studies have identified the different methods through which status and reputation are constructed. While … reputation has been linked with a history of quality, and status has been identified as an externally assigned measure of social …

, by grading honestly, a school can build up reputation. Introducing a concern for reputation into an established signaling … model of grading, we show that this mechanism reduces or even avoids grade inflation. -- grading ; signaling ; reputation …

services anti-competitive and why do equity underwriters invest in reputation-building? This study resolves both puzzles … service differentiation based on underwriter reputation. High-reputation banks receive average reputational premia equaling 0 … issuers working with high-reputation underwriters receive significant benefits, including higher offer values and lower …

services anti-competitive and why do equity underwriters invest in reputation-building? This study resolves both puzzles … service differentiation based on underwriter reputation. High-reputation banks receive average reputational premia equaling 0 … issuers working with high-reputation underwriters receive significant benefits, including higher offer values and lower …