Given the limited research into the impact of social media on offline sales of durable goods, this study examines the dynamic relationships between firm-generated content (FGC), user-generated content (UGC), traditional media, and offline light vehicle sales. Data were collected from the...

The emergence of crowdfunding could significantly ease the burden of raising funds for startup companies, and ultimately transform the nature of entrepreneurship and new firm creation. Under traditional funding mechanisms, entrepreneurs face considerable difficulties in obtaining external...

Application service providers (ASP), who host and maintain Information Technology (IT) applications across the Internet, emerged as an innovation in the way IT services are delivered to client firms. In spite of many potential benefits to user firms, ASPs experienced business failure and high...

This paper presents new evidence on the role of embeddedness in predicting contract duration in the context of Information Technology (IT) Outsourcing. Contract duration is a strategic decision that aligns interests of clients and vendors, providing the benefits of business continuity to clients...

Recommendation systems are critical tools for online retailers in their pursuit of enhanced operational performance and improved shopper experience. As such, firms invest heavily to improve their algorithms. Notwithstanding these efforts, there is usually a serious omission of demand-timing...

This paper examines renegotiation design in contracts for outsourced information technology (IT) services. Whereas prior literature in information systems has highlighted the likelihood of ex post rent seeking engendered by renegotiation, we build upon literature on incomplete contracts to posit...