...Mingqian Li; Rong Du; Andrew Burton-Jones; Jianing Xie Purpose Grounded in signaling theory, this study examines whether traceability information displaces or complements incumbent quality cues and contrasts the relative efficacy of blockchain-enabled traceability technologies with traditional...

.../approach Drawing on emotions as social information (EASI) theory and signaling theory, this study conceptualizes physicians’ emotional expressions, specifically emotional valence and emotional variability as dynamic signals. Disease type and professional title are treated as static signals. Using data...

... strategy of “early bird” terms (EBT). Based on signaling theory, we investigate the influence EBT has on crowdfunding performance and post-investment engagement, and the moderating role of valuation. Design/methodology/approach We empirically tested a set of hypotheses by analyzing archival data from...

... 2024 27 07 2024 20 12 2024 10 02 2025 09 06 2025 09 06 2025 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Artificial intelligence AI Co-citation analysis Signaling theory Transparency Following multiple...

... to the effects of digitalization on corporate disclosure strategies. Against this backdrop, this study aims to investigate the association between digitalization and disclosure quality. Signaling theory proves to be particularly valuable in explaining firms' decisions regarding voluntary information...

...Xi Luo; Jun-Hwa Cheah; Xin-Jean Lim; T. Ramayah; Yogesh K. Dwivedi Purpose The increasing popularity of live-streaming commerce has provided a new opportunity for e-retailers to boost sales. This study integrated signaling theory and social exchange theory to investigate how streamer- and product...

... these issues. Design/methodology/approach Extending signaling theory, the authors develop a model to explore the effects of solution exemplar characteristics (i.e. exemplar quantity, exemplar diversity and exemplar popularity) on sales performance under the moderating impact of service provider expertise...

...Yuangao Chen; Shasha Zhou; Wangyan Jin; Shenqing Chen Purpose This study examines the determinants of medical crowdfunding performance. Drawing on signaling theory, the authors investigate how funding-related signals (funding goal and duration), story-related signals (text length, text sentiment...

... is to draw on the concept of social shopping feature richness, adopting a formative approach on the survey used, and endeavors to reveal the concept's impact on consumers' buying intention from a product perspective. Design/methodology/approach Building on mental accounting and signaling theories...

... of recommendations, intragenre ranking, consumer rating and review quantity. Design/methodology/approach Signaling theory was used to classify the mobile game information displayed on the Apple App Store into four groups. A conceptual model was proposed to illustrate the complex relationship between...

... an efficient way to reduce information asymmetry, as a potential signal of product quality. The moderating effects of perceived empathy and cognitive effort are also explored on the basis of signaling theory. Design/methodology/approach A laboratory experiment with 120 subjects was used to empirically test...

... Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only The remainder of this paper is organized as follows. In the next section, we not only introduce signaling theory along with warranting theory, both of which form the theoretical foundation for this study, but we also review...