This study seeks to identify the means by which information technology helps cocreate relational value in the context of interfirm relationships in the logistics industry — a large and information-intensive industry. We identify a set of IT functionalities — single-location shipping,...

This paper reviews the characteristics and magnitude of information technology (IT) outsourcing as well as studies its labor productivity effects with a representative sample of Finnish businesses. Depending on the IT task in question, on average from one-third to two-thirds of IT has been...

IT outsourcing is an arrangement in which a company subcontracts its information technology related activities to be executed by a different company. In the past several decades, as the role of information technology grew in the performance of a company, the fixed cost of maintaining up and...

In this research we model and estimate the effects on productivity downstream from information technology (IT) investments made upstream. Specifically, we examine how one industry's productivity is affected by the IT capital stock of its suppliers. These supplier-driven IT spillovers occur...

Selecting the type of contract is an important aspect of governing interfirm transactions. The purpose of this article is to examine the use of fixed-fee and time-and-materials (T&M, or cost-plus) contracts and a hybrid contract that consists of a T&M contract with a cap. In addition to...

In an attempt to influence their pace of development, developing countries around the world try and influence the rate of investment (especially foreign investments) in their country. These countries attempt to influence investor decisions by matching and changing their portfolio with that of...

This study seeks to identify the means by which information technology helps co-create relational value in the context of inter-firm relationships in the logistics industry — a large and information-intensive industry. We identify a set of IT functionalities — single-location shipping,...

"Vertical keiretsu", characterized by suppliers' willingness to make customized investments, their long-term relationships with manufacturers and financial as well as personal ties between them, had been recognized as an important source of strength in Japanese industries. Our model predicts...