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作者：Banker, RD; Slaughter, SA
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; Carnegie Mellon University
摘要：The cost of enhancing software applications to accommodate new and evolving user requirements is significant. Many enhancement cost-reduction initiatives have focused on increasing software structure in applications. However, while software structure can decrease enhancement effort by localizing data processing, increased effort is also required to comprehend structure. Thus, it is not clear whether high levels of software structure are economically efficient in all situations. In this study, ...
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作者：Nault, BR; Vandenbosch, MB
作者单位：University System of Ohio; Ohio State University; Western University (University of Western Ontario); University Western Ontario Hospital
摘要：The most difficult challenge facing a market leader is maintaining its leading position. This is especially true in information technology and telecommunications industries, where multiple product generations and rapid technological evolution continually test the ability of the incumbent to stay ahead of potential entrants. In these industries, an incumbent often protects its position by launching prematurely to retain its leadership. Entry, however, happens relatively frequently. We identify ...
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作者：Palmer, JW; Markus, ML
作者单位：University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; Claremont Colleges; Claremont Graduate University
摘要：The Quick Response (QR) program is a hierarchical suite of information technologies (IT) and applications designed to improve the performance of retailers. Consultants advise retailers to adopt the program wholesale, implying that more and higher levels of technology are better than less technology and lower levels. Academicians, on the other hand, argue that good technology is appropriate technology. That is, firms should adopt only those technologies that suit the specific strategic directio...
