We examine the influence of guilt and trust on the performance of credence goods markets. An expert can make a promise … to a consumer first, whereupon the consumer can express her trust by paying an interaction price before the expert …

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 …

academic team, composed of Friedrich L. Sell and Martin Reidelhuber, worked on the theoretical basics of "trust" and "social … "trust" and "social capital" among the students who responded. Also, we could compare many of our results with the results …: Both interrogated groups apparently have more trust in abstract (governmental and non-governmental) institutions than in …

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. …

Control and trust are recurring themes in the analysis of the management of International Joint Ventures (IJVs). Both …, studies that have empirically tested the existence and nature of the mechanisms that are assumed to link control and trust to … taking place between the JV partners. Analysing the interaction processes in the context of control, trust and performance is …

We investigate the relationship between religion and trust. Using a questionnaire, we measure: i) general religiosity …, and; ii) the extent of religious beliefs, experience, and ritual. These are then analyzed with behaviour in a trust game …

have been identified. However, the impact of trust on reforms has so far never been addressed. We provide theoretical … arguments why trust should influence institutional changes and test the relationship empirically. We find a significant positive … relation between trust and reforms with regard to government size, the legal system, and deregulation of private businesses and …

and performance-based incentive systems will induce a similar crowding out effect of trust. Thus, the objective of our … alternative corporate governanceapproach, which considers trust as a relevant alternative for designing efficient corporate …