We extend prior research by exploring the importance of social ties among auditors' clients to audit quality. On one hand, social ties foster communication among clients concerning how to deal with an auditor, helping clients negotiate against proposed audit adjustments. On the other hand,...

It is well established in the literature that customer retention is at least as important as customer acquisition, especially in the freemium-based virtual economy, in which individuals are connected by multi-relational social networks, such as the “friendships” and “guilds” (virtual...

Smart contract brings more versatile functions in blockchain technology. However, its adoption rate is not as high as expected. Currently, there is not thorough study addressing the issue. To fill such gap, we propose to use social influence to explain smart contract adoption in blockchain user...