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作者：Kuruzovich, Jason; Viswanathan, Siva; Agarwal, Ritu; Gosain, Sanjay; Weitzman, Scott
作者单位：Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
摘要：The growth of the Internet has spawned an increasing number of online information sources (OISs). The effect of OISs on consumer information search processes has been particularly striking in sectors such as auto retailing, where the typical consumer has conventionally been confronted with an unpleasant and inefficient purchase process. However, the relationships between the information found in the online marketspace, consumer search in the offline marketplace, and other aspects of the multic...
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作者：Robert, Lionel P., Jr.; Dennis, Alan R.; Ahuja, Manju K.
作者单位：University of Arkansas System; University of Arkansas Fayetteville; Indiana University System; IU Kelley School of Business; Indiana University Bloomington; University of Louisville
摘要：To understand the impact of social capital on knowledge integration and performance within digitally enabled teams, we studied 46 teams who had a history and a future working together. All three dimensions of their social capital (structural, relational, and cognitive) were measured prior to the team performing two tasks in a controlled setting, one face-to-face and the other through a lean digital network. Structural and cognitive capital were more important to knowledge integration when team...
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作者：Gopal, Anandasivam; Sivaramakrishnan, Konduru
作者单位：University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; University of Houston System; University of Houston
摘要：Prior research has indicated that, on average, offshore vendors have higher profits associated with time and materials (T&M) contracts than fixed price (FP) contracts. This research raises two questions. First, Is the relative importance of various profit drivers different across two contractual regimes? Second, Does it follow that vendors unconditionally prefer T&M contracts for all projects? We address these questions by using data on 93 offshore projects completed by a leading Indian vendor...
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作者：August, Terrence; Tunca, Tunay I.
作者单位：University of California System; University of California San Diego; Stanford University
摘要：We study the question of whether a software vendor should allow users of unlicensed (pirated) copies of a software product to apply security patches. We present a joint model of network software security and software piracy and contrast two policies that a software vendor can enforce: (i) restriction of security patches only to legitimate users or (ii) provision of access to security patches to all users whether their copies are licensed or not. We find that when the software security risk is ...
