Information technology (IT) innovation research examines the organizational and technological factors that determine IT adoption and diffusion, including firm size and scope, technological competency and expected benefits. We extend the literature by focusing on information requirements as a...

The growth of unsolicited commercial email imposes increasing costs on organizations and causes considerable aggravation on the part of email recipients. A thriving anti-spam industry addresses some of the frustration. Regulation and various economic and technical means are in the works –...

We empirically examine IT value co-creation in supply chains, incorporating key contingencies of the competitive environment. Prior research suggests that IT used for strategic informationbased partnerships may benefit supply chains facing higher volatility, enabling tightly coupled integration...

This paper presents new evidence on the role of embeddedness in predicting contract duration in the context of Information Technology (IT) Outsourcing. Contract duration is a strategic decision that aligns interests of clients and vendors, providing the benefits of business continuity to clients...

Prior empirical research indicates differences in IT business value across industries, but the source of these differences is unclear. In this study we examine the role of the competitive environment in moderating IT business value. We identify two dimensions of the competitive environment that...

Powered by digital technologies, many peer-to-peer platforms, or what is called the sharing economy, have emerged in the past decade. While the impact of the sharing economy has re- ceived a great deal of attention in the past few years, extant research hasn’t fully documented the impact of...

As home-sharing platforms have continued to grow exponentially in the past decade, regulators are facing policy concerns as they address the impacts of these home-sharing platforms. It is essential for policymakers to understand the economic and societal impacts that these platforms pose as well...

Among the many recent changes in the organization of work in the United States, the decline in the average size of firms, as measured by employment, has been particularly well-documented. The primary goal of this paper is to assess the hypothesis that the rapid growth of information technology...