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作者：Bretschneider, Stuart; Wittmer, Dennis
作者单位：Syracuse University; University of Denver
摘要：Microcomputer and work-station technology is the latest wave in computing technology to influence day-to-day operations in business and government organization. Does sector affect adoption of this new information technology? If so, how? Utilizing the data from a large comparative national survey of data processing organizations, this proposition was examined. The results confirm that after controlling for other factors such as organizational size, experience with computer technology, current i...
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作者：Dos Santos, Brian L.; Peffers, Ken; Mauer, David C.
作者单位：Purdue University System; Purdue University; Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick; Rutgers University Camden; University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
摘要：Determining whether investments in information technology (IT) have an impact on firm performance has been and continues to be a major problem for information systems researchers and practitioners. Financial theory suggests that managers should make investment decisions that maximize the value of the firm. Using event-study methodology, we provide empirical evidence on the effect of announcements of IT investments on the market value of the firm for a sample of 97 IT investments from the finan...
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作者：Leidner, Dorothy E.; Jarvenpaa, Sirkka L.
作者单位：Baylor University; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
摘要：Information technology is slowly becoming a part of educational classrooms and corporate training facilities. The current study examines the use and outcomes of computer-based instructional technology in the context of graduate business education. Case study data is gathered to explore how computer technology is used in the university classroom, and how computer-based teaching methods differ from traditional teaching methods in terms of class interaction and in-class learning. The study found ...
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作者：Schocken, Shimon; Jones, Christopher
作者单位：New York University; Simon Fraser University
摘要：One fundamental requirement in the expected utility model is that the preferences of rational persons should be independent of problem description. Yet an extensive body of research in descriptive decision theory indicates precisely the opposite: when the same problem is cast in two different but normatively equivalent frames, people tend to change their preferences in a systematic and predictable way. In particular, alternative frames of the same decision-tree are likely to invoke different s...
