Many firms introduce electronic channels in addition to their traditional sales channels and observe increasing buyer adoption rates immediately after the introduction but subsequent declines. Firms must understand the factors that drive channel adoption decisions and how these factors change...

Public 'Beta' launches have become a preferred route of entry into themarkets for new software products and web site based services. Whilebeta testing of novel products is nothing new, typically such tests weredone by experts within firm boundaries. What makes public beta testingso attractive to...

Traditionally, the posted-price based electronic catalog process has served as the mechanism of choice for conducting electronic commerce activity on the web. Increasingly, business auctions are gaining popularity as an efficient and flexible on-line mercantile channel. We characterize the...

For over a decade, IT expenditure in China and Malaysia has shown a significant increase, as organisations in these countries are increasingly dependent on information systems (IS) for achieving strategic advantages and business benefits. However, there have been numerous reports of...

"In the future data communication networks interoperability becomes critical from both technological and business strategy perspective. Significance of interoperability has to be evaluated in terms of the overall economic performance of the system. In this paper we will present our view of the...

In this thesis we address problems associated with financial modelling from a Bayesian point of view. Specifically, we look at the problem of calibrating financial models, measuring the model uncertainty of a claim and choosing an optimal hedging strategy. Throughout the study, the local...