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作者:Adomavicius, Gediminas; Bockstedt, Jesse C.; Curley, Shawn P.; Zhang, Jingjing
作者单位:University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; Emory University; Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington; IU Kelley School of Business
摘要:Online retailers use product ratings to signal quality and help consumers identify products for purchase. These ratings commonly take the form of either non-personalized, aggregate product ratings (i.e., the average rating a product received from a number of consumers suchas the average rating is 4.5/5basedon100 reviews),or personalizedpredicted preference ratings for a product (i.e., recommender-system-generated predictions for a consumer's rating of a product such as we think you'drate thisp...
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作者:Chen, Jianqing; Guo, Zhiling
作者单位:University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; Singapore Management University
摘要:We have recently witnessed two important trends in online retailing: The advent of new media (e.g., social media and search engines) has made advertising affordable for small sellers, and large online retailers (e.g., Amazon and JD.com) have opened their platforms to allow even direct competitors to sell on their platforms. We examine how new-media advertising affects retail platform openness. We develop a game-theoretic model in which a leading retailer, who has both valuation and awareness a...
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作者:Leidner, Dorothy E.; Sutanto, Juliana; Goutas, Lazaros
作者单位:Baylor University; Lancaster University; International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
摘要:Under increasing pressure to demonstrate environmental responsibility, organizations realize that they cannot claim tobe environmentally sustainable if their supply chains are not. This researchseeks tounderstandhowaninterorganizational greenISinfluences environmental sustainability (ES)initiatives withinorganizationsinasupply chain. We examine agreenIStakingthe form of aninterorganizational ESplatform. Our analysissheds insights intohow role conflicts arisingfrom the various roles playedby th...
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作者:Salge, Carolina Alves de Lima; Karahanna, Elena; Thatcher, Jason Bennett
作者单位:University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University
摘要:Despite increased empirical attention, theory on bots and how they act to disseminate information on socialmediaremains poorly understood. Our study leverages the conduit brokerage perspective andthe findingsof amultiple case study todevelop anovel framework of algorithmic conduit brokeragefor understandinginformation dissemination by bots andthe designchoices that may influence their actions. Algorithmic conduitbrokerage encompasses twointertwinedprocesses. The first process, algorithmic soci...
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作者:Zhang, Nan (Andy); Wang, Chong (Alex); Karahanna, Elena; Xu, Yan
作者单位:Harbin Institute of Technology; Peking University; University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; Hong Kong University of Science & Technology; Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
摘要:Privacy needs on today's internet differ from the information privacy needs in traditional e-commerce settings due to their focus on interactions among online peers rather than merelytransactions with an online vendor. Peer-oriented online interactions have critical implications for an individual's virtual presence and self-cognition. Yet existing conceptualizations of internet privacy concerns have solely focusedon the control of personal information release and on online interactions with on...
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作者:Luo, Xuechen; Ge, Ling; Wang, Chong (Alex)
作者单位:Shanghai International Studies University; University of North Texas System; University of North Texas Denton; Peking University
摘要:As an innovative alternative financing channel,online crowdfunding holds the promise of empoweringentrepreneurs and small businesses. However, doubts have been expressed as to whether online crowdfunding can deliver on its promisesbecause of the lack of empirical evidence regarding its effects. In this study, we investigate the effectsofprosocial crowdfunding on traditional microfinance institutions (MFIs). Combining multiple data sources, including data from Kiva.org and the Microfinance Info...
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作者:Deng, Honglin; Wang, Weiquan; Li, Siyuan; Lim, Kai H.
作者单位:Tongji University; City University of Hong Kong
摘要:Online social cues that utilize user-generated data, such as user reviews and product ratings, have become one of the key factors influencing online user behavior and decisions. Online users who shared their reviews and ratings about a product (or aseller)become an abstract reference group toafocal user interested inthe sameproduct. This study focuses onsponsoredsearchresults (SSRs), a type of unsolicitedinformationthat matchesusers' searchqueries andreceives highevaluations frompriorconsumers...
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作者:Zhou, Jingmei; Fang, Yulin; Grover, Varun
作者单位:Renmin University of China; University of Hong Kong; University of Arkansas System; University of Arkansas Fayetteville
摘要:In today's environment characterized by business dynamism and information technology (IT)advances, firms must frequently update their enterprise information systems (EIS)and their use policies to support changing business operations. In this context, users are challenged to maintain EIS compliance behavior by continuously learning new ways of using EIS. Furthermore, it is imperative to businesses that employees of afunctional unit maintain EIS compliance behavior collectively, due tot he inter...
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作者:Liu, Che-Wei; Gao, Guodong (Gordon); Agarwal, Ritu
作者单位:Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington; IU Kelley School of Business; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
摘要:In this paper, we examine the role of reciprocity enabled by digital social platforms for offline healthy behavior. Although reciprocity is a fundamental aspect of human psychology, its application in promoting healthy behavior has been limited. We conduct arandomized field experiment withover 1,700 pairs of usersonamobile socialnetwork platform. Individuals in the reciprocity treatmentgroup receive agift from theirfriends andare askedtoreturnthis favor by participating inarunningchallenge. Th...
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作者:Mehrizi, Mohammad H. Rezazade; Nicolini, Davide; Modol, Joan Rodon
作者单位:Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; University of Warwick; Universitat Ramon Llull; Escuela Superior de Administracion y Direccion de Empresas (ESADE)
摘要:This paper reviews the literature on how organizations learn from information system (IS)incidents. We identify three modes of learningdependingonthe practices that constitute the learning process, the specificactors whoplay roles inlearning, the temporal orientationof the learningpractices, andthe specificcontextual focusof the learning. The literature focuses primarily onlearning frompast experience todrawlessons for future incidents (reflective learningmode). Yet, agrowingstream of literatu...