COOPERATION WITHOUT ENFORCEMENT? A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LITIGATION AND ONLINE REPUTATION AS QUALITY ASSURANCE MECHANISMS

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 127-142

  Bakos, Yannis ^a   Dellarocas, Chrysanthos ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

CO-OPERATIVE BEHAVIORS; COMPARATIVE ANALYZES; CONDITION; ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY; LEGAL ENFORCEMENT; MORAL HAZARD; REPUTATION MECHANISM; SOCIAL WELFARE;

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EID: 0242407783     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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