Trust in the Sharing Economy: An Experimental Framework

Peer-to-peer platforms in the realm of the sharing economy, such as Airbnb or BlaBlaCar, have heavily rattled the electronic commerce landscape and are expected to further impact consumer behavior in the future. While trust between the parties involved is of utmost importance in such platform economies, experimental research on this aspect is scarce. In this conceptual paper, we first present an experimental framework for targeting trust in the sharing economy based on experimental economics and the trust game in particular. In doing so, we sketch out a path to complement existing Information Systems research on the sharing economy by experimental methods. Second, we apply the framework to a specific use case, by developing a research model and experimental design to explore the role of user representation for trust on sharing economy platforms. We therefore set the stage for controlled (laboratory) experiments to enrich research on trust in the sharing economy

Twenty-sixth Annual Bibliography (Contemporary German Literature Collection)

Bibliography of contemporary German literature volumes added the previous year to Washington University Libraries\u27 Contemporary German Literature Collection. These acquisitions generally include novels, poetry, short story collections, essays, autobiographical works, and literary and cultural periodicals from publishers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. This Collection serves as the research arm for the Department of Germanic Languages and Literature\u27s Max Kade Center for Contemporary German Literature. This bibliography is compiled by Washington University\u27s Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures in cooperation with the University Libraries. See also Contemporary German Literature Collection and Max Kade Center for Contemporary German Literature

Twenty-fifth Annual Bibliography, 2009 (Contemporary German Literature Collection)

Bibliography of contemporary German literature volumes added the previous year to Washington University Libraries\u27 Contemporary German Literature Collection. These acquisitions generally include novels, poetry, short story collections, essays, autobiographical works, and literary and cultural periodicals from publishers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. This Collection serves as the research arm for the Department of Germanic Languages and Literature\u27s Max Kade Center for Contemporary German Literature. This bibliography is compiled by Washington University\u27s Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures in cooperation with the University Libraries. See also Contemporary German Literature Collection and Max Kade Center for Contemporary German Literature

Mail eller mejl – en undersökning av stavningen av engelska lånord i svenskan.

I denna uppsats undersöks engelska lånord som har samma uttal på engelska och svenska, men som skiljer sig åt i stavningen. Det ena stavningssättet är det ursprungliga, engelska och det andra det försvenskade. Båda används av språkbrukare i Sverige i dag. Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka om det finns skillnader i användandet av dessa lånord mellan könen och mellan olika åldersgrupper. För att erhålla svar på denna fråga sammanställde jag elva meningar innehållande sexton av den omtalade gruppens lånord som undersökningens deltagare skrev ner efter att jag hade läst dem. Resultaten som jag fick visar att män och unga människor oftare tenderar att använda den engelska stavningen än kvinnor. Även frekvensen av det engelska stavningssättet hos de enskilda orden liksom hos fyra ordpar, bestående av substantiv och tillhörande verbet, har undersökts. Det visar sig att vissa ordpar mestadels används i sina ursprungliga former, medan andra helst används i de försvenskade varianterna. Frekvensen av de olika stavningssätten för de enstaka orden skiljer sig också mycket åt

Autonomous Visual 3D Mapping of the Ocean Floor by Underwater Robots Equipped with a Single Photo Camera

Because of the optical properties of water, satellites and planes can only look into the top few meters of the ocean, hiding virtually all of the ocean floor from space- or airborne visual sensors. While local photos of the seafloor can be obtained by divers in shallow water, or by towed underwater cameras or remotely operated vehicles, these approaches are cost-intensive and do not scale and the majority of the Earth’s seafloor remains unexplored. Autonomous robots, equipped with underwater cameras, are an option for cost-efficient 3D mapping of hectares of seafloor per day at millimeter resolution that has the potential to be parallelized easily. In this chapter, we provide an in-depth explanation of the visual 3D seafloor mapping approach developed at GEOMAR, starting from system conception and design, calibration, mission planning, and operation to processing and final maps