SUMMARY We analyze the effect of buyer, contract, and vendor characteristics on abnormal stock returns among firms that have announced large scale Information Technology (IT) and Business Process outsourcing (BPO) contracts. We draw upon a comprehensive dataset on outsourcing announcements,...

Information systems have traditionally been conceived as technical artefacts which may (or may not) have social and behavioural implications. They act as mechanisms that reinforce organizational control. In this article we argue that such a conception is too limited: information systems possess...

Information technology (IT) is used to regulate organizational processes both to allow and to prevent specific behavior. Recent scandals in the financial industry exposed overconfidence in IT based regulation and, as scholars of regulation have long known, the games people play increase with the...