The sociology of markets has been one of the most vibrant fields in sociology in the past 25
years. There is a great deal of agreement that markets are social structures characterized by …

Most efforts to improve cyber security focus primarily on incorporating new technological
approaches in products and processes. However, a key element of improvement involves …

Much of social life involves interactions between individuals or corporate actors in dyads,
groups, organizations or networks that can be viewed as social exchanges. This chapter …

Online peer-to-peer platforms like Airbnb allow hosts to list a property (eg a house, or a
room) for short-term rentals. In this work, we examine how hosts describe themselves on …

We examine how financial assurance structures and the clearly defined financial transaction
at the core of monetized network hospitality reduce uncertainty for Airbnb hosts and guests …

Exchange theory provides an analytic approach to social interactions resulting in the
exchange of resources or services and behaviors of mutual value. It also addresses how …

This paper offers a systematic review of the main findings concerning the role of trust in
coopetitive interactions. It adheres to a multilevel conceptualization of trusting relationships …

An important organizational innovation enabled by the revolution in information
technologies isopen source'production which converts private commodities into essentially …

A growing number of systems on the Internet create what we call information pools, or
collections of online information goods for public, club or private consumption. Examples of …

Reputation is an important feature in the interactional contexts of work in “culture industries”
such as film and television production. But few accounts have examined how reputations are …