suppliers. Primary data were collected through a mail survey of 168 SMEs. The findings indicate that communication, knowledge … an impact on communication and knowledge with commitment having a direct impact on performance. …

in a cheap-talk game. We find evidence of the "disciplining" effect of public communication as compared to private … strategic thinking when communication is public. Using the level-k model, we exploit the within subject design to show how … individuals decrease their level-k in public communication. Surprisingly, we find that individuals become more sophisticated when …

among three players. The baseline treatment with no communication shows that the first and second players send significant … amounts and the third player reciprocates. Allowing insider communication between the second and the third players increases … cooperation between these two. Interestingly, there is an external effect of insider communication: the first player who is …

. However when costless communication is possible firms may be able to coordinate a move towards a pareto-preferred equilibrium … provided that the communication is credible. It is shown that in some cases when firms do not move to a pareto …-preferred equilibrium in spite of communication one firm may have an incentive to purchase R & D assets from other firms to reap the gain …

parties an incentive to manipulate not only the substance of communication but also the decision-maker’s attention allocation … communication, mandate not only the content but also the format of disclosure, and regulate product design. …