Enabling knowledge brokerage intermediaries to be evidence-informed

Analyzing Information Intermediaries in Electronic Brokerage

In the past, full-service stock brokerage firms had a strategic advantage over discount brokers because of the control full-service brokers had over the information provided to the customer. Full-service stockbrokers acted as information intermediaries in that they were able to capture residual value from the transfer of information to make a profit. Strategic vulnerability occurs, in this case...

Peddling Influence through Well Informed Intermediaries∗

A sender with private information often tries to influence the decisionmaker through well-informed intermediaries such as experts or critics. Both the sender and the intermediary may be independently objective or biased: the objective type passes on the most accurate information, while the biased type wants to push a particular agenda but also to appear objective. Although using one’s own infor...

Patients need to be informed about the evidence.

I agree that regulators and industry have to improve the regulation of medical devices, but Godlee implies that this will increase the evidence on effectiveness and safety and will lead to improved safety for patients. Even if evidence on safety were available, there is a gap between knowing and informing or doing. Patients would still need to be informed by their clinicians to decide whether t...

Well Informed Intermediaries in Strategic Communication∗

This paper studies how a sender with private information can influence the decisionmaker through well informed intermediaries. Both the sender and the intermediary may be independently objective or biased: with the objective type assumed to pass on the most accurate information while the biased type wanting to push a particular agenda but also to appear objective. Although using one’s own infor...

Connectivity Brokerage — Enabling Seamless Cooperation in Wireless Networks