Internet message boards are often used to spread information in order to manipulate financial markets. Although this hypothesis is supported by many cases reported in the literature and in the media, the real impact of manipulation in online forums on financial markets remains an open question....

Information technology is also having effects on structures. Because of the easier and speedier communications and the increasing sophistication of automatic decision making by computers, middle management is tending to disappear in many organisations. Organisations are becoming flatter and...

Can informational privacy law survive Big Data? A few scholars have pointed to the inadequacy of the current legal framework to Big Data, especially the collapse of notice and consent, the principles of data minimization and data specification. These are first steps, but more is needed. To...

Big Data has become a buzz word. It is the next big thing that every corporation should invest in. It is said to bring hundreds of billions dollars in benefits to consumers. In this concept paper I show that Big Data is a tool that will allow corporations to take away consumer surplus from...

Almost 30 years after the introduction of the CIO position, the ideal CIO reporting structure (whether the CIO should report to the CEO or the CFO) is yet to be prescribed. There is an intuitive assumption among some proponents of IT that the CIO should always report to the CEO to promote the...

A large variety of information flows through a financial services firm. This information can come from a variety of sources, both external and internal. It is a significant task to reconcile the data from multiple sources and ensure that it is correct before being used within the firm.In this...

In recent times, rapid advances in the field of information technology have enabled firms selling information products (for example, in the form of a CD) to provide subscription services using remote servers. Making the product versus service decision involves a trade-off. Online subscription...

Zahlreiche Cloud-basierte Angebote für Enterprise Content Management und E-Kollaboration drängen auf den Unternehmensmarkt. Organisationen aller Grössen und Branchen setzen sich mit den Chancen und Risiken dieser Angebote auseinander und sammeln erste Erfahrungen bei der Evaluation,...

This paper develops a structural model which allows estimating the impact of regulatory decisions looking for the setting of download-speed standards on market structure and performance. We characterize a setting under which quality standards improve both service quality and availability. As to...