There has been much speculation that information technology can be used to enhance coordination across organizations. The research on the matter is less than convincing, in part due to the absence of models that capture the complexity of the phenomenon, and in part due to problems of...

pt. 1. Strategies for empirical advances in information systems and e-commerce research -- pt. 2. Understanding the dynamics and outcomes associated with information technology investments -- pt. 3. New approaches for studying mechanism design in online auctions -- pt. 4. New empirical...

The methods and thinking of economics permeate a large part of the IS discipline. Reciprocally, newly emerging research methods relying on the IT-enabled treatment of massive data aggregates feed economic research. As new and radical forms of IT innovation continue to energize electronic...