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Management
Siyu Li, Qiang Zhou, Baofeng Huo, Xiande Zhao
Summary: This study examines the impacts of relationship commitment on inter-firm information sharing activities and finds that normative relationship commitment promotes the development of information sharing content and system. However, instrumental relationship commitment does not have a significant impact on these outcomes. In addition, environmental uncertainty moderates these relationships.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LOGISTICS-RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS
(2022)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Muhammad Asif, Cory Searcy, Pavel Castka
Summary: This paper explores the potential of Industry 4.0 practices in enhancing supplier audit authenticity and efficacy, as well as reducing supplier monitoring costs. The paper suggests that the application of Industry 4.0 can make supplier audits more transparent, effective, and cost-efficient, leading to benefits for both buyers and suppliers. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings are also discussed.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
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Business
Tahir Abbas Syed, Fahad Mehmood, Talia Qaiser
Summary: Brands are increasingly interested in influencer marketing campaigns to emphasize the exclusivity of their products. However, there is a lack of research on management strategies for influencer collaboration to overcome the associated challenges, resulting in wasted investment and low success rates. This study uses transaction cost economics theory to investigate how brands effectively manage collaboration with social media influencers (SMIs) through case studies of influencer marketing campaigns in 15 brands. The findings identify critical management strategies and develop a collaboration management framework for effective collaboration. This paper provides insights into influencer marketing from the brands' perspective and offers guidance for effective influencer collaboration.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2023)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Youngji Jo, Amnesty Elizabeth LeFevre, Hasmot Ali, Sucheta Mehra, Kelsey Alland, Saijuddin Shaikh, Rezwanul Haque, Esther Semee Pak, Mridul Chowdhury, Alain B. Labrique
Summary: This study found that mobile phone-based pregnancy surveillance systems with individually scheduled text messages and home-visit reminder strategies are highly cost-effective in Bangladesh. The cost-effectiveness may improve further with scale and sustainability.
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Engineering, Industrial
Haavard Haaskjold, Bjorn Andersen, Jan Alexander Langlo
Summary: This study provides empirical data on the proportion of total project cost spent on managing the project in construction projects, and finds that the project head consists of more than 18% of the total project cost on average.
PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL
(2023)
Article
Management
Kay-Yut Chen, Jingguo Wang, Yan Lang
Summary: Digital extortion poses a significant threat to organizations relying on information technologies. Study findings reveal deviations in defenders' decisions from game theory predictions, highlighting the challenging influence of message appeals on defenders. Intervention impacts on investment and payment refusal are mitigated by attacker actions, making it difficult to significantly impact community investment and ransom payment rates.
MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Thyago Celso Cavalcante Nepomuceno, Kessia Thais Cavalcanti Nepomuceno, Thiago Poleto, Victor Diogho Heuer de Carvalho, Ana Paula Seixas Costa
Summary: This study models misincentive behaviors in Information Technology Outsourcing (ITO) transactions as a Principal-Agent problem and provides theoretical modeling and empirical evidence from Portugal. The results suggest that knowledge of penalties may lead to intentional delays in technology delivery.
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Information Science & Library Science
Shankar Prawesh, Kaushal Chari, Manish Agrawal
Summary: Firm-specific non-financial factors influence IT outsourcing decisions, and deviations from non-financial industry norms can indicate how firms make strategic IT decisions.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Management
Akhil Bhardwaj, Mikko Ketokivi
Summary: Research on supply chain relationships often focuses on power dynamics and asymmetric dependency. This study, however, examines contractual challenges in the context of bilateral dependency, with a specific empirical focus on how Indian Railways manages warranty claims related to engine failures. The study argues for a cooperative approach based on mutual credible commitments and joint problem-solving in buyer-supplier relationships, emphasizing organizational trust over personal trust.
JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Cornelia Gaebert, Karlheinz Kautz
Summary: This article contributes to the debate on the role of transaction cost economics in IT outsourcing and software development outsourcing. It proposes a framework for classifying short-term software development outsourcing transactions and suggests that short-term contracts are governed by the vendor's high human asset specificity and monitoring of developer staff.
JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Olalekan Olaolu Titus, Hamizah Liyana binti Tajul Ariffin, Kherun Nita Ali
Summary: This study reveals that contract incompleteness caused by bounded rationality and uncertainty is the fundamental reason for construction disputes. Through the use of the relative importance index (RII) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) from SEM AMOS, the study examines the occurrence likelihood and significant effect of contract incompleteness and opportunistic behaviors on dispute occurrence. A large-scale survey of 350 professionals from the Nigerian construction industry is conducted. The results indicate the interrelationship between contract incompleteness and dispute occurrence, emphasizing the need to minimize contract incompleteness to reduce disputes.
AIN SHAMS ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Business
Pia Ellimaki, J. Alberto Aragon-Correa, Nuria Esther Hurtado-Torres
Summary: This study explores how a client's efficiency influences their ties with an outsourcing provider in the context of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), and whether industry conditions moderate this relationship. The findings suggest that efficient clients are more likely to hire more services from an outsourcing provider, and that industry conditions positively impact this relationship by helping clients control transaction costs when accessing knowledge-intensive services.
MANAGEMENT DECISION
(2021)
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Andrew Urquhart, Brian Lucey
Summary: In order to prevent privacy breaches, scams, and environmental damage, governments and central banks need to understand the most effective ways to regulate this financial frontier.
Article
Information Science & Library Science
Chia-Ying Li, Yu-Hui Fang
Summary: This study examined transaction costs and their determinants in the sharing economy, using structural equation modeling to analyze data from 375 users of Airbnb. The findings suggest that personalization of asset specificity and transaction frequency decrease transaction costs, while learning of asset specificity and transaction uncertainty increase transaction costs, influencing behavioral intention. Perceived complementarity has a direct impact on transaction uncertainty, and the number of users moderates the relationship between transaction costs and behavioral intention. This understanding can guide managers in various industries impacted by the rapid growth of the sharing economy, providing them with strategies to address this trend.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Business
Debmalya Mukherjee, N. Nuruzzaman, Ajai S. Gaur, Deeksha Singh
Summary: Research suggests that pro-market reforms and firm-level R&D activity influence the likelihood of outsourcing production activities. Economic and legal reforms moderate the relationship between R&D activity and the likelihood to start outsourcing in different ways.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS REVIEW
(2023)