The growth of Internet technology and electronic commerce has not been matched by theoretically-guided social science research. Well-developed consumer research is needed to illustrate the nature and possible scope of the Internet retail choice in the marketplace. The primary purpose of this...

There has been a surge of interest in free trade agreements (FTAs) in East Asian countries. One of the FTAs actively discussed is the Japan and ASEAN (the Association of South East Asian Nations) free trade agreement. The purpose of this study is to undertake quantitative analysis of the...

This study uses an export base model to examine the relative importance of new and existing manufacturing establishments in stimulating employment growth in the rest of the economy. The disaggregation of the manufacturing sector into new and existing establishments extends previous export base...

In this thesis, we investigate the effects of Information Technology (IT) and the Internet on business environments from three perspectives: the catalyst function of IT and the Internet in developing new business models, the enabler role of these technologies for emerging digital marketplaces,...

Chapter 1 of this thesis examines in theory and empirics how exporters use different modes of transportation to hedge price uncertainty. Ocean transportation in international trade imposes a time lag between the departure and arrival of a shipment. This arrival lag creates a problem for firms...

Information Technology has become integral to organizations' pursuit to achieve a competitive edge in an interconnected environment. The information technology resources of organizations have become targets of perpetrators, who seek gains from causing damage to information resources of...

This dissertation comprises of 3 essays that analyze the firm pricing behavior in duopolistic experimental markets. The first essay examines whether the content of buyer information and the timing of its dissemination affect firms' market power. We construct laboratory markets based on a costly...

The objective of this study was to determine the relative importance of five drivers of adoption for 15 different precision agricultural services offered by farm input suppliers. These drivers included: expected benefits, firm resources, strategic fit, technology complexity/uncertainty and...

This study attempted to assess a very basic yet still unresolved relationship between personal sales representatives and sales effectiveness. Using the arena of pharmaceutical sales this study asks the essential question, are personal sales representatives effective in increasing sales? What is...

This thesis consists of two essays analyzing related topics. The first essay investigates the role of search cost in electronic markets. It is the first to introduce product specificity to a search model which allows us to study both short term and long term effects of reducing search cost. It...