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作者：Ghose, A; Telang, R; Krishnan, R
作者单位：New York University; Carnegie Mellon University
摘要：We present a model to investigate the competitive implications of electronic secondary markets that promote concurrent selling of new and used goods on a supply chain. In secondary markets where suppliers cannot directly utilize used goods for practicing intertemporal price discrimination and where transaction costs of resales are negligible, the threat of cannibalization of new goods by used goods becomes significant. We examine conditions under which it is optimal for suppliers to operate in...
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作者：Johnson, AM; Lederer, AL
作者单位：University of North Carolina; North Carolina A&T State University; University of Kentucky
摘要：Convergence (i.e., mutual understanding) between an organization's CEO and CIO is critical to its efforts to successfully exploit information technology. Communication theory predicts that greater communication frequency and channel richness lead to more such convergence. A postal survey of 202 pairs of CEOs and CIOs investigated the effect of communication frequency and channel richness on CEO/CIO convergence, as well as the effect of convergence on the financial contribution of information s...
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作者：Wigand, RT; Steinfield, CW; Markus, ML
作者单位：University of Arkansas System; University of Arkansas Little Rock; University of Arkansas Fayetteville; Michigan State University; Bentley University
摘要：Vertical IS standards prescribe data structures and definitions, document formats, and business processes for particular industries, in contrast to generic information technology (IT) standards, which concern IT characteristics applicable to many industries. This paper explores the potential industry structure effects of vertical information systems (IS) standards through a case study of the U.S. home mortgage industry. We review theoretical arguments about the potential industry structure eff...
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作者：Dutta, A; Roy, R
作者单位：George Mason University; Indian Institute of Management (IIM System); Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
摘要：Many argue that offshoring is an inexorable trend, since a variety of information technology (IT) skills have become global commodities and they are vastly cheaper in other parts of the world. According to this view, most IT work would be drained from the United States to overseas locations. However, the loss of jobs to offshoring has increased pressure to impose restrictions. On the supply side, as IT salaries in outsourcing vendor nations increase, they become less attractive for offshoring....
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作者：Chilton, MA; Hardgrave, BC; Armstrong, DJ
作者单位：Kansas State University; University of Arkansas System; University of Arkansas Fayetteville
摘要：Software developers face a constant barrage of innovations designed to improve the development environment. Yet stress/strain among software developers has been steadily increasing and is at an all-time high, while their productivity is often questioned. Why, if these innovations are meant to improve the environment, are developers more stressed and less productive than they should be? Using a combination of cognitive style and person-environment fit theories as the theoretical lens, this stud...
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作者：Bhatt, GD; Grover, V
作者单位：Morgan State University; Clemson University
摘要：During the past two decades, both business managers and academic researchers have shown considerable interest in understanding how information technologies (IT) help to create competitive advantage for a firm. While recently the idea of competitive differentiation through IT has been challenged, this study contrasts the traditional thinking about competitive advantage with the resource-based view. Specifically, it is argued that by demarcating specific types of capabilities, we can contribute ...
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作者：Lang, KR; Vragov, R
作者单位：City University of New York (CUNY) System; Baruch College (CUNY)
摘要：This paper uses modified economic growth theory to compare and contrast two currently available ways of digital content distribution: the client-server model and the peer-to-peer (P2P) model. We describe a monopolistic pricing scheme for distributing digital content over P2P networks that rewards peer users who actively participate in the distribution process. Our results show that digital distribution through a P2P network is more profitable and more efficient than in the corresponding client...
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作者：Dai, R; Narasimhan, S; Wu, DJ
作者单位：University System of Georgia; Georgia Institute of Technology
摘要：Strategic sourcing, defined as a firm's key business process to identify, evaluate, configure, and negotiate purchases in important spend categories while managing long-term supplier relationships, is playing a significant role in sourcing strategies. The adoption of e-sourcing, defined as the use of business software (for example, using application service providers to conduct online procurement auctions) to automate or augment the aforementioned key business process, has been growing rapidly...
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作者：Mitra, S
作者单位：University System of Georgia; Georgia Institute of Technology
摘要：This research provides empirical evidence of the role of information technology (IT) as an enabler of growth in firms. We postulate that as a firm grows larger, a superior IT infrastructure increases the productivity of other inputs by controlling the complexity-related costs that the firm incurs as it increases in size. In the empirical analysis to support this view, we find that firms with high-growth expectations increase their IT spending as their free cash flow increases, whereas low-grow...
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作者：Zwass, V
作者单位：Fairleigh Dickinson University
