Imitation-related performance outcomes in social trading: A configurational approach
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In: Journal of Business Research, Vol. 89, 01.08.2018, p. 322-327.
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T1 - Imitation-related performance outcomes in social trading
T2 - A configurational approach
AU - Berger, Elisabeth S.C.
AU - Wenzel, Matthias
AU - Wohlgemuth, Veit
PY - 2018/8/1
Y1 - 2018/8/1
N2 - This paper draws on the resource-based view and risk-related research to examine imitation-related configurations that explain performance outcomes in social trading. The study applies qualitative comparative analysis to examine 16,964 investment observations at eToro, the world's largest social trading platform. The results show that the experience and the imitation of traders, in combination with a low risk level, equifinally explain similar performance outcomes. The findings contribute to the literature on social trading and the resource-based view by exploring imitation as a valuable strategy, conceptualizing and empirically validating the role of risk in social trading, and drawing on qualitative comparative analysis to develop a more complex configurational understanding of the examined phenomenon.
AB - This paper draws on the resource-based view and risk-related research to examine imitation-related configurations that explain performance outcomes in social trading. The study applies qualitative comparative analysis to examine 16,964 investment observations at eToro, the world's largest social trading platform. The results show that the experience and the imitation of traders, in combination with a low risk level, equifinally explain similar performance outcomes. The findings contribute to the literature on social trading and the resource-based view by exploring imitation as a valuable strategy, conceptualizing and empirically validating the role of risk in social trading, and drawing on qualitative comparative analysis to develop a more complex configurational understanding of the examined phenomenon.
KW - Management studies
KW - Fintech
KW - Imitation
KW - Online community
KW - Qualitative comparative analysis
KW - Resource-based view
KW - Social trading
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85038814515&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.12.016
DO - 10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.12.016
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85038814515
VL - 89
SP - 322
EP - 327
JO - Journal of Business Research
JF - Journal of Business Research
SN - 0148-2963
ER -