Effectiveness of reputation in contracting for customized production: Evidence from online labor markets

Management Science

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 345-359

  Lin, Mingfeng ^a   Liu, Yong ^a   Viswanathan, Siva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Business services; Contracts; Entrepreneurship; Online labor market; Online reputation mechanisms; Word of mouth

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; EMPLOYMENT; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

BUSINESS SERVICE; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; LABOR MARKETS; REPUTATION MECHANISM; WORD OF MOUTH;

COMMERCE;

EID: 85041389720     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2016.2594     Document Type: Article

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