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Curriculum Preferences And Engagement Of Online Entrepreneurship Students: The Influence Of Age And Gender, S. Andrew Starbird, Jill M. Martin, Trish A. Kalbas-Schmidt
Curriculum Preferences And Engagement Of Online Entrepreneurship Students: The Influence Of Age And Gender, S. Andrew Starbird, Jill M. Martin, Trish A. Kalbas-Schmidt
Information Systems and Analytics
It is important for instructors and institutions to create learning experiences that are engaging, effective, and meaningful for students. To achieve these goals, instructors must understand the preferences and interests of their students, build engaging lessons based on those interests, and mitigate content that might make students feel excluded. In-person learning allows instructors to gather information about interests and engagement through direct interaction with students. Gathering information about student interests and engagement is more difficult for asynchronous, self-paced, online training programs. In this paper, we assess the interests, engagement, and disengagement of learners accessing online content focused on entrepreneurship. We …
The Fulfillment Service In Online Marketplaces, Jun Li, Wenjing Shen, Yi Liao, Gangshu (George) Cai, Xiangfeng Chen
The Fulfillment Service In Online Marketplaces, Jun Li, Wenjing Shen, Yi Liao, Gangshu (George) Cai, Xiangfeng Chen
Information Systems and Analytics
In recent times, fulfillment services in online marketplaces have witnessed a surge in popularity. Dominant e-commerce platforms, such as Amazon.com, now allow small retailers to join their online marketplaces, while concurrently providing comprehensive fulfillment services. In return, small retailers pay a fulfillment fee per unit of sales. We examine the advantages of these fulfillment programs in the context of a dominant retailer that possesses an online marketplace, alongside a small retailer who operates within this marketplace and possesses private fulfillment cost information. We analyze two scenarios, contingent upon the presence or absence of competition between the two retailers, and we …
Managing Demand Slowdown: The Interplay Between Trade-Ins And Quality Improvement, Wei Wang, Lipan Feng, Yongjian Li, Gangshu (George) Cai, Wubo Zhang
Managing Demand Slowdown: The Interplay Between Trade-Ins And Quality Improvement, Wei Wang, Lipan Feng, Yongjian Li, Gangshu (George) Cai, Wubo Zhang
Information Systems and Analytics
Quality improvement and trade-ins are widely used by firms to manage the demand slowdown. However, how these two strategies interact with each other is unclear. In this paper, we construct a stylized model where a monopoly sells the new product to a market comprising both new and replacement consumers. We examine and compare the firm's optimal decisions, demands, and profits under four cases with quality improvement and/or trade-in program. We identify several interesting results. First, quality improvement may lead to a lower retail price, while the trade-in program consistently results in a higher price. Additionally, the trade-in program encourages the …
Interaction Between Manufacturer's Wholesale Pricing And Retailers’ Price-Matching Guarantees, Arcan Nalca, Gangshu (George) Cai
Interaction Between Manufacturer's Wholesale Pricing And Retailers’ Price-Matching Guarantees, Arcan Nalca, Gangshu (George) Cai
Information Systems and Analytics
In practice, many retailers employ price-matching guarantees (PMGs), committing to meet the price of an identical product at a competitor's outlet. Despite the profound linkage between retailers and manufacturers, existing literature has predominantly explored retailers' PMGs without contemplating the influence of manufacturers' wholesale pricing strategies. Employing a supply chain model comprising one manufacturer and two retailers, we scrutinize the implications of wholesale pricing—uniform or discriminatory—on supply chain members and consumers when retailers have the option to extend PMGs. Our analysis uncovers that retailers refrain from offering PMGs when the manufacturer is granted the discretion to set discriminatory wholesale prices—even if …
Manufacturer’S Product Line Selling Strategy And Add-On Policy In Product Sharing, Yu Zhang, Min Huang, Lin Tian, Gangshu (George) Cai, Delong Jin, Zhiping Fan
Manufacturer’S Product Line Selling Strategy And Add-On Policy In Product Sharing, Yu Zhang, Min Huang, Lin Tian, Gangshu (George) Cai, Delong Jin, Zhiping Fan
Information Systems and Analytics
During the sharing boom, product lines and add-ons are significant for manufacturers who have established sharing platforms to provide sharing and rental services. In this paper, we consider a manufacturer that provides two products of different quality in the rental channel (i.e., the B2C sharing platform) and the sales channel. We investigate the manufacturer’s product-line selling strategies: either the manufacturer sells low-quality products and rents high-quality products (i.e., the LH product line), or the manufacturer sells high-quality products and rents low-quality products (i.e., the HL product line). We also examine whether to offer the add-on for rental products. The results …
Curtailing Bank Loan And Loan Insurance Under Risk Regulations In Supply Chain Finance, Wenli Wang, Gangshu (George) Cai
Curtailing Bank Loan And Loan Insurance Under Risk Regulations In Supply Chain Finance, Wenli Wang, Gangshu (George) Cai
Information Systems and Analytics
Because of many firms’ lack of collateral, banks have imposed loan limits as a form of risk-control regulations of bank financing. In response, loan insurance has emerged as a useful instrument to lift loan limits. To study the joint value of bank loans and loan insurance, this article investigates a supply chain composed of one supplier and one capital-constrained buyer who takes out a bank loan and potentially purchases loan insurance. The analysis reveals that both the supplier and the buyer can benefit from the bank financing with loan insurance in an insurance-cooperation region wherein the supplier is willing to …
Partial Centralization In A Durable-Good Supply Chain, Jin Li, Xiaodong Yang, Victor Shi, Gangshu (George) Cai
Partial Centralization In A Durable-Good Supply Chain, Jin Li, Xiaodong Yang, Victor Shi, Gangshu (George) Cai
Information Systems and Analytics
There has been extensive research on the strategic choice between supply chain centralization and decentralization. However, most research assumes complete centralization or complete decentralization but omits the commonly adopted supply chain structure of partial centralization. With partial centralization, a firm owns a portion, but not all, of its partner. To help fill this research gap, in this paper, we make a major contribution by explicitly analyzing partial centralization in a supply chain where a durable-good manufacturer owns a portion of its downstream retailer. We start with a two-period model and derive analytical equilibrium outcomes of the supply chain and its …
Cascade Degradation And Upcycling Of Polystyrene Waste To High-Value Chemicals, Zhen Xu, Fuping Pan, Mengqi Sun, Jianjun Xu, Nuwayo Eric Munyaneza, Zacary L. Croft, Gangshu (George) Cai, Guoliang Liu
Cascade Degradation And Upcycling Of Polystyrene Waste To High-Value Chemicals, Zhen Xu, Fuping Pan, Mengqi Sun, Jianjun Xu, Nuwayo Eric Munyaneza, Zacary L. Croft, Gangshu (George) Cai, Guoliang Liu
Information Systems and Analytics
Plastic waste represents one of the most urgent environmental challenges facing humankind. Upcycling has been proposed to solve the low profitability and high market sensitivity of known recycling methods. Existing upcycling methods operate under energy-intense conditions and use precious-metal catalysts, but produce low-value oligomers, monomers, and common aromatics. Herein, we report a tandem degradation-upcycling strategy to exploit high-value chemicals from polystyrene (PS) waste with high selectivity. We first degrade PS waste to aromatics using ultraviolet (UV) light and then valorize the intermediate to diphenylmethane. Low-cost AlCl3 catalyzes both the reactions of degradation and upcycling at ambient temperatures under atmospheric pressure. …
The Impact Of Formality, Integration, And Commitment On The Performance Of Latino-Owned Small Businesses, S. Andrew Starbird, Jill M. Martin, Yacanex Posadas, Alma Gutiérrez
The Impact Of Formality, Integration, And Commitment On The Performance Of Latino-Owned Small Businesses, S. Andrew Starbird, Jill M. Martin, Yacanex Posadas, Alma Gutiérrez
Information Systems and Analytics
Supporting the growth of minority-owned small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is an important goal in many countries. In the US, Latinos start businesses faster than any other demographic group, yet Latino wealth and income have not kept pace with the broader society. In this study, we explore the impact of different business and owner characteristics on the performance of Latino-owned small businesses. Using a survey of over 200 Latino small business owners in Silicon Valley, we apply ordered logistic regression to measure the effect of several variables on firm revenue. Our findings suggest that in addition to the gender and …
The Impact Of Language And Location On The Curriculum Preferences Of Online Entrepreneurship Students: An Application Of Google Analytics, S. Andrew Starbird, Jill M. Martin, Trish A. Kalbas-Schmidt
The Impact Of Language And Location On The Curriculum Preferences Of Online Entrepreneurship Students: An Application Of Google Analytics, S. Andrew Starbird, Jill M. Martin, Trish A. Kalbas-Schmidt
Information Systems and Analytics
The needs and interests of online learners can be difficult to assess. Large, self-paced, open courses attract learners from different locations, ethnicities, and educational backgrounds. It is critical that instructors and institutions understand the needs and interests of their learners so that curriculum and pedagogy can evolve. In this paper we consider the curriculum preferences of online learners who are accessing asynchronous, self-selected, and self-paced training content related to entrepreneurship. The content is free and is offered in both English and Spanish. We utilize data from Google Analytics, a free application that records critical data about the demographics and behavior …
The Role Of Expectation–Reality Discrepancy In Service Contracts, Xuying Zhao, Hong Guo, Gangshu (George) Cai
The Role Of Expectation–Reality Discrepancy In Service Contracts, Xuying Zhao, Hong Guo, Gangshu (George) Cai
Information Systems and Analytics
Service contracts are common practice in some industries while being eliminated in others. To investigate this phenomenon, we identify expectation–reality discrepancy (ERD) as a key determinant. A provider's ERD is defined as consumers’ ex-ante expected valuation minus their ex-post realized valuation of the provider's service. Our analysis reveals that providers’ contract strategies critically depend on their ERDs rather than the true service valuations. A provider with a higher ERD is more likely to enforce contracts, regardless of whether the true service valuation is higher than that of the competitor. Providers should enforce contracts only when they have positive ERDs. Furthermore, …
Buyer Financing In Pull Supply Chains: Zero-Interest Early Payment Or In-House Factoring?, Xiangfeng Chen, Qihui Lu, Gangshu (George) Cai
Buyer Financing In Pull Supply Chains: Zero-Interest Early Payment Or In-House Factoring?, Xiangfeng Chen, Qihui Lu, Gangshu (George) Cai
Information Systems and Analytics
This study investigates the efficacy of zero-interest early payment financing (alternatively referred to as early payment) and positive-interest in-house factoring financing in a pull supply chain with a capital-constrained manufacturer selling a product through a capital-abundant retailer. Early payment is the prepayment of a wholesale cost to the manufacturer, whereas in-house factoring is a loan service provided to the manufacturer by a branch financing firm of the same retailer. We find that the retailer prefers early payment financing to bank financing when the manufacturer’s production cost is low. If the retailer instead offers positive-interest in-house factoring financing to the manufacturer, …
Optimal Policy For Production Systems With Two Flexible Resources And Twoproducts, Jianjun Xu, Shaoxiang Chen, Gangshu (George) Cai
Optimal Policy For Production Systems With Two Flexible Resources And Twoproducts, Jianjun Xu, Shaoxiang Chen, Gangshu (George) Cai
Information Systems and Analytics
Manufacturing companies are facing increasing volatility in demand. As a result, there has been an emerging need for a flexible multi-period manufacturing system that uses multiple resources to produce multiple products with stochastic demands. To manage such multi-product, multi-resource systems, manufacturers need to make two decisions simultaneously: setting a production quantity for each product and allocating the limited resources dynamically among the products. Unfortunately, although the flexibility design and investment have been extensively studied, the literature has been muted on how to make production and allocation decisions optimally from an operational perspective. This article attempts to fill this literature gap …
Manufacturer Strategy On Service Provision In Competitive Channels, Xiaodong Yang, Gangshu (George) Cai, Charles A. Ingene, Jihong Zhang
Manufacturer Strategy On Service Provision In Competitive Channels, Xiaodong Yang, Gangshu (George) Cai, Charles A. Ingene, Jihong Zhang
Information Systems and Analytics
A manufacturer commonly distributes through a set of retailers who are authorized to sell its product; demand-enhancing services may also be provided by the manufacturer. These services may be granted to all authorized retailers (uniform service provision) or to a favored few authorized retailers (differential service provision). To determine when a manufacturer does—or does not—bestow equal service levels, we develop a model of one manufacturer selling through two competing retailers. We find manufacturer optimality to entail uniform service at some parametric values, while differential service is optimal at other values. Counterintuitively, with differential service, the recipient of lower service may …
Impact Of In-Store Promotion And Spillover Effect Onprivate Label Introduction, Yingjue Zhou, Tieming Liu, Gangshu (George) Cai
Impact Of In-Store Promotion And Spillover Effect Onprivate Label Introduction, Yingjue Zhou, Tieming Liu, Gangshu (George) Cai
Information Systems and Analytics
This paper investigates the impact of in-store promotion and its spillover effect on private label introductions. We study different retail supply chain scenarios where the retailer carrying a national brand may introduce its own private label product and promote either the national brand or the private label inside the store. The in-store promotion on one product has a positive spillover effect on the other product. Without in-store promotion and spillover effect, the conventional wisdom indicates that, in a retail supply chain, the national brand manufacturer will be negatively impacted by the introduction of a private label product. With in-store promotion …
The Effects Of Herding And Word Of Mouth In A Two-Period Advertising Signaling Model, Xueping Zhen, Gangshu (George) Cai, Reo Song, Sungha Jang
The Effects Of Herding And Word Of Mouth In A Two-Period Advertising Signaling Model, Xueping Zhen, Gangshu (George) Cai, Reo Song, Sungha Jang
Information Systems and Analytics
In the context of increasing globalization, a new product may be sequentially released into markets in different countries and regions. The behavior of consumers in the market where a new product is first launched may have a huge impact on the purchasing behavior of consumers in later markets through the effects of herding and word of mouth (WOM). We suggest that these effects may significantly influence advertising when new products with short life cycles, such as movies, books, games, and music, are sequentially launched and not repeatedly purchased by consumers. Using a two-period advertising signaling model, this study theoretically demonstrates …
The Cash Flow Advantages Of 3pls As Supply Chain Orchestrators, Xiangfeng Chen, Gangshu (George) Cai, Jing-Sheng Song
The Cash Flow Advantages Of 3pls As Supply Chain Orchestrators, Xiangfeng Chen, Gangshu (George) Cai, Jing-Sheng Song
Information Systems and Analytics
With an increasingly open global economy and advanced technologies, some third-party logistics providers (3PLs), such as Eternal Asia, have emerged as supply chain orchestrators, linking buyers with manufacturers worldwide. In addition to their traditional transportation services, these orchestrators provide procurement and financial assistance to buyers in the supply network, especially small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries. Oftentimes, the 3PLs can obtain payment delay arrangements from the financially stronger manufacturers, which in turn can be partially extended to the SME buyers, alleviating their high costs of capital. To illustrate the efficiency improvements of the aforementioned practice, we use a …
Financing Multiple Heterogeneous Suppliers In Assembly Systems: Buyer Finance Vs. Finance, Shiming Deng, Chaocheng Gu, Gangshu (George) Cai
Financing Multiple Heterogeneous Suppliers In Assembly Systems: Buyer Finance Vs. Finance, Shiming Deng, Chaocheng Gu, Gangshu (George) Cai
Information Systems and Analytics
Buyer finance has been practiced by manufacturers/assemblers for years; however, few papers have investigated the efficacy of buyer finance in an assembly system with multiple suppliers. This paper fills the literature gap by comparing buyer finance with bank finance in a supply chain with one assembler and multiple heterogeneous capital-constrained component suppliers. We characterize the equilibrium solutions for different financing schemes (i.e., buyer finance, bank finance, and no finance). We show that in buyer finance the assembler should charge the suppliers the lowest possible interest rate, which may be even below its own unit capital opportunity cost, leading to interest …
Competitive Retailer Strategies For New Market Research, Entry And Positioning Decisions, Xiaodong Yang, Gangshu (George) Cai, Ying-Ju Chen, Shu-Jung Sunny Yange
Competitive Retailer Strategies For New Market Research, Entry And Positioning Decisions, Xiaodong Yang, Gangshu (George) Cai, Ying-Ju Chen, Shu-Jung Sunny Yange
Information Systems and Analytics
This paper investigates strategies for new market research and positioning of stores or products by competing retailers in a duopoly setting. We examine the scenario where the two retailers are considering entry into an uncertain new market that is an extension of their existing markets. The retailers must make decisions on whether or not to first conduct research about the new market's location relative to their existing markets and its size before deciding on their own positioning in it. We first study a sequential-move leader–follower setup to highlight the choice of an “innovate-or-imitate” strategy. We find when the potential new …
Procurement With Reverse Auction And Flexible Noncompetitive Contracts, Sean X. Zhou, Zhijie Tao, Nianbing Zhang, Gangshu (George) Cai
Procurement With Reverse Auction And Flexible Noncompetitive Contracts, Sean X. Zhou, Zhijie Tao, Nianbing Zhang, Gangshu (George) Cai
Information Systems and Analytics
This article investigates a hybrid procurement mechanism that combines a reverse auction with flexible noncompetitive contracts. A buyer adopts such mechanism to procure multiple units of a product from a group of potential suppliers. Specifically, the buyer first offers contracts to some suppliers who, if accepting the contract, do not participate in the auction while committing to selling a unit to the buyer at the price of the subsequent auction. For the suppliers rejecting the offers, they can join the subsequent auction with the other suppliers to compete on the remaining units. When the buyer offers only one flexible noncompetitive …
A Response To “Transaction Cost Economics On Trial Again”, Michael Schermann, Philip Yetton, Helmut Krcmar
A Response To “Transaction Cost Economics On Trial Again”, Michael Schermann, Philip Yetton, Helmut Krcmar
Information Systems and Analytics
We appreciate the careful and thoughtful commentary on Schermann et al. (2016) by Lacity and Khan (2016). Their commentary caused us to reflect on some of the underlying assumptions guiding our research. In the spirit of Lacity and Khan (2016), we do not attempt to defend our research and ‘win’ the conversation. Instead, we build on their insights to contribute to this potentially fruitful conversation among IS scholars started by Lacity and Khan (2016). We are grateful for the invitation from the Journal of Strategic Information Systems (JSIS) to do this.
The Role Of Transaction Cost Economics In Information Technology Outsourcing Research: A Meta-Analysis Of The Choice Of Contract Type, Michael Schermann, Konrad Dongus, Philip Yetton, Helmut Krcmar
The Role Of Transaction Cost Economics In Information Technology Outsourcing Research: A Meta-Analysis Of The Choice Of Contract Type, Michael Schermann, Konrad Dongus, Philip Yetton, Helmut Krcmar
Information Systems and Analytics
Two recent reviews report that the empirical findings in information technology outsourcing (ITO) research are frequently inconsistent with the prevailing dominant analytical framework of transaction cost economics (TCE). While employing similar methodologies, the two reviews propose different strategies to resolve the inconsistencies. One is to improve the methodological rigor, specifically, the operationalization of TCE constructs. The other is to abandon TCE in favor of a new analytical framework. This paper presents a meta-analysis of the empirical findings on the choice of contract type as a function of task uncertainty. The results support both strategies. Refining the operationalization of TCE constructs, …
Toward An Ontology Of Workarounds: A Literature Review On Existing Concepts, Nina Röder, Manuel Wiesche, Michael Schermann, Helmut Krcmar
Toward An Ontology Of Workarounds: A Literature Review On Existing Concepts, Nina Röder, Manuel Wiesche, Michael Schermann, Helmut Krcmar
Information Systems and Analytics
While workarounds are studied frequently in information systems research, a coherent and interrelated structure to organize the knowledge of the field is still missing. In this study, we provide a first step towards an ontology of workarounds in order to enable researchers to study the relationships among the core concepts. By identifying existing literature, we discover three gaps in workaround research: (1) lack of conceptual consensus, (2) fragmentation and (3) static perspective. To advance theory, we provide an overview of different types of workarounds that are frequently used in literature. Based on these findings we derive core concepts of workarounds …
Does Advertising Indicate Product Quality? Evidence From Prelaunch And Postlaunch Advertising In The Movie Industry, Reo Song, Sungha Jang, Gangshu (George) Cai
Does Advertising Indicate Product Quality? Evidence From Prelaunch And Postlaunch Advertising In The Movie Industry, Reo Song, Sungha Jang, Gangshu (George) Cai
Information Systems and Analytics
Literature on the informative role of advertising indicates that advertising quantity can serve as an indicator of product quality. As product life cycles grow shorter, firms in many industries spend significant amounts on advertising during the prelaunch period to create large initial demand. Thus, the role of prelaunch advertising may differ from that of postlaunch advertising, and a proper understanding of these differences is important. This study provides an empirical investigation of whether advertising is a reliable indicator of quality before and after product launches, using the data from the movie industry. Analyses of 1078 movies released during 2003–2011 show …
Using The Default Option Bias To Influence Decision-Making While Driving, Klaus Goffart, Michael Schermann, Christopher Kohl, Jörg Preißinger, Helmut Krcmar
Using The Default Option Bias To Influence Decision-Making While Driving, Klaus Goffart, Michael Schermann, Christopher Kohl, Jörg Preißinger, Helmut Krcmar
Information Systems and Analytics
Gaining a better understanding of human–computer interaction in multiple-goal environments, such as driving, is critical as people increasingly use information technology to accomplish multiple tasks simultaneously. Extensive research shows that decision biases can be utilized as effective cues to guide user interaction in single-goal environments. This article is a first step toward understanding the effect of decision biases in multiple-goal environments. This study analyzed data from a field experiment during which a comparison was made between drivers’ decisions on parking lots in a single-goal environment and drivers’ decisions in a multiple-goal environment when being exposed to the default option bias. …
Determinants Of Vendor Profitability In Two Contractual Regimes: An Empirical Analysis Of Enterprise Resource Planning Projects, Stefan Hoermann, Tobias Hlavka, Michael Schermann, Helmut Krcmar
Determinants Of Vendor Profitability In Two Contractual Regimes: An Empirical Analysis Of Enterprise Resource Planning Projects, Stefan Hoermann, Tobias Hlavka, Michael Schermann, Helmut Krcmar
Information Systems and Analytics
In this paper, we investigate the effects of four determinants of vendor profitability in enterprise resource planning (ERP) outsourcing projects under two contractual regimes: fixed price (FP) contracts and time and material (TM) contracts. We hypothesize that effect sizes are larger under FP contracts than under TM contracts. From a transaction cost economics perspective, we hypothesize that project uncertainty and project size are negatively associated with vendor profitability. From a knowledge-based view of the firm perspective, we hypothesize that industry knowledge and client knowledge are positively associated with vendor profitability. We tested these hypotheses on a comprehensive archival data set …
Online Manufacturer Referral To Heterogeneous Retailers, Hao Wu, Gangshu (George) Cai, Jian Chen, Chwen Sheu
Online Manufacturer Referral To Heterogeneous Retailers, Hao Wu, Gangshu (George) Cai, Jian Chen, Chwen Sheu
Information Systems and Analytics
Since the development of the Internet, thousands of manufacturers have been referring consumers visiting their websites to some or all of their retailers. Through a model with one manufacturer and two heterogeneous retailers, we investigate whether it is an equilibrium for the manufacturer to refer consumers exclusively to a retailer or nonexclusively to both retailers. Our analysis indicates that nonexclusive referral is the manufacturer's equilibrium choice if the referral segment market size is sufficiently large; otherwise, exclusive referral is the equilibrium choice. In exclusive referral, the manufacturer would refer consumers to the more cost-efficient and smaller retailer. In the presence …
Advertising In Asymmetric Competing Supply Chains, Bin Liu, Gangshu (George) Cai, Andy A. Tsay
Advertising In Asymmetric Competing Supply Chains, Bin Liu, Gangshu (George) Cai, Andy A. Tsay
Information Systems and Analytics
Advertising is a crucial tool for demand creation and market expansion. When a manufacturer uses a retailer as a channel for reaching end customers, the advertising strategy takes on an additional dimension: which party will perform the advertising to end customers. Cost sharing (“co-operative advertising”) arrangements proliferate the option by decoupling the execution of the advertising from its funding. We examine the efficacy of cost sharing in a model of two competing manufacturer–retailer supply chains who sell partially substitutable products that may differ in market size. Some counterintuitive findings suggest that the firms performing the advertising would rather bear the …
Risk Profiles In Individual Software Development And Packaged Software Implementation Projects: A Delphi Study At A German-Based Financial Services Company, Stefan Hoermann, Michael Schermann, Marco Aust, Helmut Krcmar
Risk Profiles In Individual Software Development And Packaged Software Implementation Projects: A Delphi Study At A German-Based Financial Services Company, Stefan Hoermann, Michael Schermann, Marco Aust, Helmut Krcmar
Information Systems and Analytics
The aim of this paper is to compare risk profiles of individual software development (ISD) and packaged software implementation (PSI) projects. While researchers have investigated risks in either PSI projects or ISD projects, an integrated perspective on how the risk profiles of these two types of information system (IS) projects differ is missing. To explore these differences, this work conducted a Delphi study at a German-based financial services company. The results suggest that: First, ISD projects seem to be more heterogeneous and face a larger variety of risks than the more straightforward PSI projects. Second, ISD projects seem to be …
The Roles Of Bank And Trade Credits: Theoretical Analysis And Empirical Evidence, Gangshu (George) Cai, Xiangfeng Chen, Zhiguo Xiao
The Roles Of Bank And Trade Credits: Theoretical Analysis And Empirical Evidence, Gangshu (George) Cai, Xiangfeng Chen, Zhiguo Xiao
Information Systems and Analytics
This study investigates the roles of bank and trade credits in a supply chain with a capital-constrained retailer facing demand uncertainty. We evaluate the retailer's optimal order quantity and the creditors' optimal credit limits and interest rates in two scenarios. In the single-credit scenario, we find the retailer prefers trade credit, if the trade credit market is more competitive than the bank credit market; otherwise, the retailer's preference of a specific credit type depends on the risk levels that the retailer would divert trade credit and bank credit to other risky investments. In the dual-credit scenario, if the bank credit …