Young firms are central to productivity and job growth in the United States, yet they fail at high rates. We examine how a recent rise in firms' ability to access information technology as a service affected the survival and performance of young establishments in the U.S. manufacturing sector....

The purpose of this paper is to provide guidelines for the implication of unethical IT behaviour on businesses and methods to prevent or to manage the possibilities of such conduct. As most businesses are moving towards the 'Cloud', this issue becomes of utmost sensitivity to most businesses and...