Markets as Governance Environments for Organizations at the Edge of Illegality

Insights From Social Network Analysis

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3757948
AutoresMeltem Odabaş (0000-0001-6123-0676, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA, autor de correspondencia), Thomas J Holt (0000-0002-5894-0172, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI), R Breiger (0000-0003-0575-9211, University of Arizona), Ronald L Breiger (University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA)
Año2017
Volumen61
Número11
Páginas1267-1288
Fecha de publicación2017-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764217734266
OpenAlexW2763496252
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas39

In the past two decades, researchers have examined the practices of online forums operating markets for the sale of stolen credit card data. Participants cannot rely on traditional legal system regulations in the event of disputes between buyers and sellers. Thus, this analysis focuses on two forms of monitoring within these forums: one based on an emergent social network of transactions among community members (second-party monitoring) and the other consisting of regulatory (third-party) monitoring by forum administrators. Using social network analyses of a series of posts from a data market forum, the findings demonstrate that governance of these forums is enabled by their functioning as a particular kind of market that economists characterize as a platform, or two-sided market. Specifically, second- and third-party trust-creating mechanisms are vital in establishing sustainability in illicit markets by increasing perceived market trustworthiness, which in turn leads to increased market demand

Business · Corporate governance · Internet privacy · Political science · Public relations · Trustworthiness · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies · Finance