Crowdsourcing harnesses the potential of large and open networks of people. It is a relatively new phenomenon and attracted substantial interest in practice. Related research, however, lacks a theoretical foundation. We propose a system-theoretical perspective on crowdsourcing systems to address...

Dominion over the management consulting profession worldwide has passed in recent times from multinational accounting firms to multinational Information Technology firms. This transition coincides with a period of major change in the practice of management consulting. Yet, very little research...

When considering information security and privacy issues most of the attention has previously focussed on data protection and the privacy of personally identifiable information (PII). What is often overlooked is consideration for the operational and transactional data. Specifically, the security...

Many new Privacy Laws and Regulations have placed an increased importance on the correct design and implementation of information systems. This is an attempt to preserve and protect user and information privacy. Incorporating privacy regulations and guidelines into an active information system...

Preserving Privacy and the protection of personally identifiable information (PII) have been of increasing interest over the last few years. Many privacy advocates, and a significant portion of the general public, feared that the new initiatives used in an attempt to fight terrorism, would have...

The growing development of web-based reputation systems in the 21st century will have a powerful social and economic impact on both business entities and individual customers, because it makes transparent quality assessment on products and services to achieve customer assurance in the...