Several previous studies have highlighted the role of feedback mechanisms in the success of electronic marketplaces. This paper contends that the effectiveness of online feedback mechanisms passes through two channels, namely a ‘reputational’ effect that has been largely documented in the...

This paper tries to give a theoretical foundation to the idea that symmetric markets are more collusive than asymmetric markets. To prove this idea, we use a non cooperative repeated game in which firms choose their capacities in a first stage and then compete infinitely in price in a second...

The paper proposes an analytical framework for comparing different business models for producing information goods and digital services. It is based on three dimensions that also refer to contrasted literature: the economics of matching, the economics of assembling and the economics of knowledge...

This article investigates the relationships between Information Technologies (IT), new organizational practices and workers? contextual performance in the European context. Our empirical results are based on data about more than 11 000 employees from 16 European countries in 2005 and more...