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作者：Chen, Min; Pang, Min-Seok; Kumar, Subodha
作者单位：George Mason University; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University
摘要：We are witnessing an interesting and unique phenomenon in enterprise information technology (IT) adoption and management in public-sector organizations: shared IT services. Instead of implementing separate IT services, governments come together to pool their IT resources into one single IT service. In this study, we develop a game-theoretic model to analyze the governments' decision to share IT services and understand how the introduction of shared services transforms the strategic interaction...
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作者：Guo, Hong; Liu, Yipeng; Nault, Barrie R.
作者单位：University of Notre Dame; Northern Illinois University; University of Calgary
摘要：In this paper, we analyze the choice of interoperability approach for the provision of disaster management systems (DMS) when resources are distributed across districts, and in times of disaster resources can be shared. The degree to which sharing (a spillover) can be coordinated efficiently depends on resource interoperability. In this public sector setting, we model the provisioning of DMS as the choice between interoperability approaches; in decreasing order of centralization they are integ...
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作者：Li, Zhuoxin; Wang, Gang; Wang, Harry Jiannan
作者单位：Boston College; University of Delaware
摘要：Prior studies of social-norms interventions have focused on nudging behavior in noncompetitive settings. This research evaluates such interventions in competitive environments, for example, a class with a competitive grading policy. Field experiments on a learning management system show that providing descriptive information about peers' behavior has mixed effects in reducing procrastination and improving performance outcomes. Specifically, the effects are moderated by individual characteristi...
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作者：Burton-Jones, Andrew
作者单位：University of Queensland
