The role of online trading communities in managing internet auction fraud

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 759-781

  Chua, Huang ^a   Wareham, Jonathan ^b   Robey, Daniel ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auction fraud; Authority; Clan control; Communities; e commerce; Informal social control

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; ONLINE CONFERENCING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CLAN CONTROL; DISORGANIZATION THEORY; INFORMAL SOCIAL CONTROL; INFORMATION SYSTEMS LITERATURE; INTERNET AUCTIONS;

INTERNET;

EID: 38549173255     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148819     Document Type: Article

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