Proper configuration of security technologies is critical to balance the access and protection requirements of information. The common practice of using a layered security architecture that has multiple technologies amplifies the need for proper configuration because the configuration decision...

Proper configuration of security technologies is critical to balance the access and protection requirements of information. The common practice of using a layered security architecture that has multiple technologies amplifies the need for proper configuration because the configuration decision...

Information technology (IT) managers find it challenging to communicate with business managers about IT. Immersed in technical descriptions, finding a shared language to effectively describe how IT, particularly a new technology, creates value for the organization can be a demanding task. The...

We examine the relationship between the board's IT expertise and firm innovation. Using a novel hand–collected dataset from biographies of directors, we find that the board's IT expertise has a positive influence on firm innovation – measured in terms of R&D expenditures and patents...

Non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces facilitate users to mint and trade digital assets such as collectibles, trading cards, and digital artwork. Many NFT platforms accommodate resale royalty which pays back the creator a predetermined percentage of the proceeds from future resales of the...

We examine how a supplier CEO’s long-term orientation (LTO), as characterized by Hofstede’s framework of cross-cultural dimensions, affects the duration of customer-supplier relationships. By analyzing the national cultural backgrounds of 707 distinct supplier CEOs from 20 countries based on...

A nomenclature is a set of language concepts that a professional uses to form a primary message to be conveyed to an interlocutor. Understanding the effect of nomenclatures on persuading business managers about the value of a new IT resource is critical for technology developers as well as IT...

Product review platforms in online marketplaces differ with respect to the granularity of product quality information they provide. While some platforms provide a coarse single overall rating for product quality (also referred to as single-dimensional rating scheme), others provide a more...

Recent initiatives to improve health care quality and reduce costs have centered around payment mechanisms and IT-enabled health-information exchanges (HIEs). Such initiatives have profound influences both on providers' choices regarding health care effort levels and HIE adoption and on...

We examine two-sided adverse selection in a sharing economy context where a platform matches service providers with consumers and both providers and consumers derive heterogeneous payoffs depending on whom they are matched with. Unlike the more prevalent unilateral review scheme in which only...