Reputation-based governance /
It would be easy to cheat someone on eBay. However, an essential characteristic of the site prevents this from happening: buyer and seller reviews form what amounts to an "index of reputation." The availability of such an index provides a strong incentive to be an honest trader. Reputation...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stanford, Calif. :
Stanford Economics and Finance,
©2011.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | It would be easy to cheat someone on eBay. However, an essential characteristic of the site prevents this from happening: buyer and seller reviews form what amounts to an "index of reputation." The availability of such an index provides a strong incentive to be an honest trader. Reputation-Based Governance melds concepts from businesses like eBay with politics. Author Lucio Picci uses interdisciplinary tools to argue that the intelligent use of widely available Internet technologies can strengthen reputational mechanisms and significantly improve public governance. Based on this notion, the |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 223 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780804777438 0804777438 |