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作者:Zwass, Vladimir
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作者:Mai, Bin; Menon, Nirup M.; Sarkar, Sumit
作者单位:University System of Maryland; Bowie State University; University of Louisiana System; Northwestern State University of Louisiana; George Mason University; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; Texas Tech University System; Texas Tech University
摘要:Privacy is a significant concern of customers in the business-to-consumer online environment. Several technical, economic, and regulatory mechanisms have been proposed to address online privacy. A current market-based mechanism is the privacy seal, under which a third party assures adherence by a vendor to its posted privacy policy. In this paper, we present empirical evidence of the effect of displaying a privacy seal on the product prices of online vendors of electronic books, downloadable a...
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作者:Ozdemir, Zafer D.; Altinkemer, Kemal; De, Prabuddha; Ozcelik, Yasin
作者单位:University System of Ohio; Miami University; Purdue University System; Purdue University; Fairfield University
摘要:Online intermediaries have recently started offering database services to donors and certification services to nonprofit organizations through the Internet. We conceptualize a donor-to-nonprofit (D2N) marketplace as an online intermediary that offers these two services and examine its effect on fund-raising strategies of nonprofit organizations using an analytical model based on spatial competition under incomplete information with donor search. We characterize the signaling equilibria where c...
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作者:Tiwana, Amrit
作者单位:University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; Emory University; Iowa State University
摘要:Although formal and informal control mechanisms are often simultaneously used to govern systems development projects, considerable disagreement exists about whether the use of one strengthens or diminishes the benefits of the other. In other words, are they complements or substitutes? Competing theoretical perspectives favor both sides of the argument, and neither the information systems (IS) controls literature nor the information technology (IT) outsourcing literature has addressed this issu...
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作者:Majchrzak, Ann; Jarvenpaa, Sirkka L.
作者单位:University of Southern California; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
摘要:In many domains of increased turbulence and volatility, interorganizational ad hoc collaborations are common. One such domain is homeland security in which security professionals collaborate virtually with individuals outside of their own organizations in response to a security threat. In such a domain, a safe context is needed to ensure that interactions with collaborators not only help to solve the immediate threat but also avoid the improper use by outside parties of information released du...
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作者:Pathak, Bhavik; Garfinkel, Robert; Gopal, Ram D.; Venkatesan, Rajkumar; Yin, Fang
作者单位:Indiana University System; Indiana University South Bend; University of Connecticut; University of Virginia; University of Oregon
摘要:Online retailers are increasingly using information technologies to provide value-added services to customers. Prominent examples of these services are online recommender systems and consumer feedback mechanisms, both of which serve to reduce consumer search costs and uncertainty associated with the purchase of unfamiliar products. The central question we address is how recommender systems affect sales. We take into consideration the interaction among recommendations, sales, and price. We then...
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作者:Guo, Hong; Bandyopadhyay, Subhajyoti; Cheng, Hsing Kenneth; Yang, Yu-Chen
作者单位:University of Notre Dame; State University System of Florida; University of Florida; William & Mary
摘要:Whether broadband service providers (BSPs) should be allowed to vertically integrate with content providers is a contentious issue. This is even more so when viewed through the lens of the net neutrality debate, since the vertically integrated firm can prioritize the delivery of its own content at the expense of that of its competitors if net neutrality is not enforced. Using a game-theoretic model, we analyze the issues of vertical integration of content and broadband services surrounding thi...
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作者:Brown, Susan A.; Dennis, Alan R.; Venkatesh, Viswanath
作者单位:University of Arizona; Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington; IU Kelley School of Business; University of Arkansas System; University of Arkansas Fayetteville
摘要:The paper presents a model integrating theories from collaboration research (i.e., social presence theory, channel expansion theory, and the task closure model) with a recent theory from technology adoption research (i.e., unified theory of acceptance and use of technology, abbreviated to UTAUT) to explain the adoption and use of collaboration technology. We theorize that collaboration technology characteristics, individual and group characteristics, task characteristics, and situational chara...