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res:
  bibo_abstract:
  - "Trust between client and consultant is perhaps the most important asset in con-sulting,
    as this is a highly intangible knowledge-intensive business that concerns is-sues
    of outstanding strategic and operational importance for the customers. Cli-ents
    who have not worked with a particular consultancy face considerable risk when
    they place an order while lacking reliable information about the service quality
    they can expect. There is a strong link between trust and reputation, as the positive
    reputation of a consultancy can act as a substitute for a new client’s missing
    individual experience with the provider, fostering trust in the service quali-ty.
    Thus, creating, maintaining, and demonstrating a good reputation is of signifi-cant
    importance for consultancies in a very competitive industry.\r\nTo facilitate
    trustworthy signals, we design and implement a novel reputation mechanism that
    carries a monetary weight stored on a blockchain network as an immutable, decentralized,
    and transparent ledger. Based on an implementation in the Ethereum network and
    subsequent evaluation, we conclude that the reputation mechanism can contribute
    to leveling information asymmetry and reducing risk while increasing reputation
    and trust. The mechanism lends itself to being used in other business-to-business
    scenarios that suffer from similar information asymmetries.@eng"
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Simon
      foaf_name: Hemmrich, Simon
      foaf_surname: Hemmrich
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=83557
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Volker
      foaf_name: Nissen, Volker
      foaf_surname: Nissen
  dct_date: 2026^xs_gYear
  dct_language: eng
  dct_subject:
  - Reputation Systems
  - Consulting
  - Design Science Invention
  - Incentive
  - Blockchain
  - Monetary ratings
  - building trust
  - reduce information asymmetry consulting
  - B2B reputation system
  - consulting risk reduction
  - supplier evaluation system
  dct_title: A blockchain-based reputation system for consulting@
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