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Program last updated 07-December-2002

2002 Workshop on Information Systems and Economics Program

December 14-15, 2002, IESE Business School, Barcelona Spain

Conference Format: There will be two tracks run simultaneously during each session.
Dinner: Saturday 9:00PM at Can Cortada Restaurant. Buses depart 8:30PM from Hotel Princesa Sofia.

Saturday 14-December-2002

Registration: 8:00-8:30AM
Opening Remarks: 8:15-8:30AM
Session 1: 8:30-10:30AM
Coffee Break: 10:30AM-11:00AM
Session 2: 11:00AM-1:00PM
Lunch: 1:00-2:00PM
Session 3: 2:00-4:00PM
Coffee Break: 4:00PM-4:30PM
Session 4: 4:30PM-6:30PM
Dinner at Can Cortada: 9:00PM

Sunday 15-December-2002

Registration: 8:00-8:30AM
Session 5: 8:30-10:30AM
Coffee Break: 10:30AM-11:00AM
Session 6: 11:00AM-1:00PM
Lunch: 1:00-2:00PM
Session 7: 2:00-4:00PM
Coffee Break: 4:00PM-4:30PM
Session 8: 4:30PM-5:30PM
Session 9: 6:00PM-6:30PM
ICIS Opening Reception (Hotel Princesa): 7:30PM

Session 1 Track 1 (Room F-101): 14-December-2002 8:30-10:30AM
Auctions
Discussants: David Croson (2, 77) and Moti Levi (57, 105)

Paper Id

Paper Title

Author Name

Affiliation

2

Bidder Behavior In Multi-Unit Online Auctions: An Empirical Exploration

Bapna, Ravi

University of Connecticut

Goes, Paulo

University of Connecticut

Gupta, Alok

Univ. of Minnesota

Jin, Yiwei

University of Connecticut

77

Dual Pricing and Information Deficit in Electronic Markets

Markopoulos, Panos

PhD student

  

Aron, Ravi

The Wharton School. University of Pennsylvania

Ungar, Lyle

Computer Science Dept. University of Pennsylvania

57

Buy-price English Auction

Whinston, Andrew

Professor, Univ. of Texas at Austin

Hidvegi, Zoltan

University of Texas at Austin

Wang, Wenli

Emory University

105

Analyzing the simultaneous use of auctions and posted price for online selling

Abraham, Seidmann

W. E. Simon School, University of Rochester

Pinker, Edieal

William E. Simon GSBA, University of Rochester

Hila, Etzion

William E. Simon GSBA, University of Rochester

Session 1 Track 2 (Room F-102): 14-December-2002 8:30-10:30AM
Price Discrimination
Discussants: Neveen Farag (64, 80) and Mark Anderson (40, 42)

Paper Id

Paper Title

Author Name

Affiliation

64

Impact of Personalization on Product Price and Quality

Wattal, Sunil

Carnegie Mellon University

Telang, Rahul

Carnegie mellon University

Mukhopadhyay, Tridas

Carnegie mellon University

80

Individual Marketing with Internet Coupons Spatial Models of Price Discrimination

Dogan, Kutsal

University of Texas at Dallas

Cheng, Hsing

University of Florida

40

Factors That Influence the Choice of Pricing Models in Online Advertising

Hu, Yu

MIT

42

Volatility of Future Earnings Following IT Expenditures

Kobelsky, Kevin

University of Southern California

  

Hunter, Starling

MIT

Richardson, Vernon

University of Kansas

Session 2 Track 1 (Room F-102): 14-December-2002 11:00-01:00PM
Business-to-Business
Discussants: Vidyanand Choudhary (34), M.S. Krishnan (41), and Abraham Seidmann (11, 28)

Paper Id

Paper Title

Author Name

Affiliation

34

The economic impact of B2B exchanges on supplier-manufacturer relationships: the interaction of industry structure and exchange design

Plice, Robert

San Diego State University

Zhu, Kevin

UC Irvine

Gurbaxani, Vijay

UC Irvine

41

Understanding B2B e-market alliance strategies

Dai, Qizhi

University of Minnesota

Kauffman, Robert J.

University of Minnesota

11

ERP Outsourcing: Efficient IT Contract Structures

Wu, D.J.

Drexel University

Ding, Min

Pennsylvania State University

Hitt, Lorin

University of Pennsylvania

28

Business-to-business Collaborations and Evolution of Enterprise Networks

Zhao, Kexin

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Shaw, Michael J.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Xia, Mu

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Subramaniam, Chandrasekar

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Session 2 Track 2 (Room F-102): 14-December-2002 11:00-01:00PM
Information Technology Spending
Discussants: Birendra Mishra (1, 82) and Sandra Slaughter (19, 22)

Paper Id

Paper Title

Author Name

Affiliation

1

Determinants of Information Technology Spending in Developed and Developing Countries

Kraemer, Kenneth

University of California, Irvine

Shih, Chuan-Fong

Wake Forest University

Dedrick, Jason

University of California, Irvine

82

An Empirical Analysis of Returns to IT Spending

Anderson, Mark

The University of Texas at Dallas

Banker, Rajiv

The University of Texas at Dallas

Hu, Nan

The University of Texas at Dallas

19

Risk versus Return of IT Investments: A Firm-Level Empirical Analysis

Dewan, Sanjeev

University of California, Irvine

Shi, Charles

University of California, Irvine

22

Business Value of Information Technology 1987-1999: New Data and New Evidence of Firm-Level Returns

Chwelos, Paul

Faculty of Commerce, University of British Columbia

Ramirez, Ronald

University of California, Irvine

Kraemer, Kenneth

University of California, Irvine

Session 3 Track 1 (Room F-101): 14-December-2002 2:00-4:00PM
Selling Information
Discussants: Pei-yu Chen (45, 97), Chris Forman (3), and Il-Horn Hann (93)

Paper Id

Paper Title

Author Name

Affiliation

3

A Model of Search Intermediaries and Paid Referrals

Zheng, Eric

The Wharton School

  

Weber, Thomas

The Wharton School

45

Privacy Rights and the Valuation and Selling of Personal Information

Menon, Nirup

University of Texas at Dallas

Sarkar, Sumit

University of Texas at Dallas

Mai, Bin

University of Texas at Dallas

97

Pricing Digital Content When Consumers Do Not Necessarily Have Perfect Expectations

Tomak, Kerem

University of Texas at Austin

Dutta, Ranjan

University of Texas at Austin

93

Pricing Vertically Differentiated Digital Products under Threat of Privacy

Chellappa, Ramnath

Marshall School of Business, Dept of IOM, University of Southern Calif

Shivendu, Shivendu

Marshall School of Business, Dept of IOM, University of Southern Calif

Session 3 Track 2 (Room F-102): 14-December-2002 2:00-4:00PM
Web Information
Discussants: Paul Chwelos (48, 68) and Rajiv Dewan (20, 29)

Paper Id

Paper Title

Author Name

Affiliation

48

Data collection from intelligent agents: when is enough, enough?

Allen, Gove

Tulane University

Wu, Jianan

Tulane University

106

Converting Visitors to Buyers Via the Online Experience: An Empirical Evaluation of Positive and Negative Factors That Affect Buyer Conversion Rate

Farag, Neveen

University of Michigan Business School

20

Leader Follower Behavior? Evidence from Online Book Markets

Clay, Karen

Heinz School, Carnegie Mellon University

Ouyang, Stanley

GSIA, Carnegie Mellon University

Smith, Michael

Heinz School, Carnegie Mellon University

Wolff, Eric

GSIA, Carnegie Mellon University

29

Measuring the Effectiveness of E-Commerce Website Design

Hahn, Jungpil

University of Minnesota

Kauffman, Robert J.

University of Minnesota

Session 4 Track 1 (Room F-101): 14-December-2002 4:30-6:30PM
Information Technology Investment
Discussants: Marshall Freimer (89, 95) and Jianan Wu (10, 47)

Paper Id

Paper Title

Author Name

Affiliation

95

Intangible Assets and Growth Accounting: Evidence from Computer Investments

Yang, Shinkyu

New York University

Brynjolfsson, Erik

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

89

Cost Overruns in Y2K Projects and Financial Characteristics of Firms

Romero, Jorge

The University of Texas at Dallas

Banker, Rajiv

The University of Texas at Dallas

Anderson, Mark

The University of Texas at Dallas

47

Impact of Manufacturing Practices on the Choice of Plant-level Information Systems

Chang, Hsihui

The University of Texas at Dallas

Banker, Rajiv

The University of Texas at Dallas

Bardhan, Indranil

The University of Texas at Dallas

Lin, Shu

The University of Texas at Dallas

10

The Digital Dispersion of Commercial Internet Use: A Comparison of Industries and Regions

Forman, Chris

Carnegie Mellon University

  

Goldfarb, Avi

University of Toronto

Greenstein, Shane

Northwestern University

Session 4 Track 2 (Room F-102): 14-December-2002 4:30-6:30PM
Customer Management
Discussants: Selcuk Erenguc (44, 101), Alok Gupta (16), and Harris Wu (99)

Paper Id

Paper Title

Author Name

Affiliation

101

Incentive Compatible Electronic Loyalty

Altimkemer, Kemal

Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University

Ozcelik, Yasin

Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University

44

Investments in CRM Systems: Are Firms Better Off?

Cavusoglu, Hasan

University of Texas at Dallas

Banker, Rajiv

University of Texas at Dallas

Kumar, Nanda

University of Texas at Dallas

16

Effect of IT Investments on Customer Satisfaction: An Empirical Analysis

Krishnan, M.S.

University of Michigan Business School

Mithas, Sunil

University of Michigan Business School

Fornell, Claes

University of Michigan Business School

99

Contingency Pricing under Duopolistic Competition

Sundaresan, Shankar

Penn State University

Bhargava, Hemant

Penn State

Session 5 Track 1 (Room F-101): 15-December-2002 8:30-10:30AM
Bundling and Contracting
Discussants: Erik Brynjolffson (24, 50) and Tom Weber (15, 18)

Paper Id

Paper Title

Author Name

Affiliation

50

Unbundling under Asymmetric Quality Information

Geng, Xianjun

University of Texas at Austin

Whinston, Andrew

University of Texas at Austin

24

Bundling Add-ins into Base Software: Pricing and Quality

Dewan, Rajiv

Simon School

Freimer, Marshall

Simon School

Jones, Roy

Simon School

18

Optimal Pricing Scheme for Information Services

Wu, Shinyi

OPIM, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Chen, Pei-yu (Sharon)

Graduate School of Industrial Administration, CMU

Anandalingam, G.

R. H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland and The Wharton

15

Contracting Structures for Application Service Providers (ASPs)

Ma, Dan

W. E. Simon School, University of Rochester

Abraham, Seidmann

W. E. Simon School, University of Rochester

Session 5 Track 2 (Room F-102): 15-December-2002 8:30-10:30AM
Product Architecture
Discussants: Don Harter (43, 67) and Bill Richmond (25, 32)

Paper Id

Paper Title

Author Name

Affiliation

67

Explaining Participation in Open Source Projects: For the Love, the Money, or Both?

Roberts, Jeff

GSIA / Carnegie Mellon University

Hann, Il-Horn

Marshall School of Business/USC

Slaughter, Sandra

GSIA / Carnegie Mellon Univ

43

Quality Certification and the Economics of Contract Software Development

Asundi, Jai

University of Texas at Dallas, School of Management

Arora, Ashish

Carnegie Mellon

32

Digital Convergence, Product Architecture and Market Structure

Sundararajan, Arun

New York University

Mantena, Ravi

New York University

25

Does Product Information Increase Product Differentiation?

Gu, Bin

University of Texas at Austin

  

Clemons, Eric

University of Pennsylvania

Session 6 Track 1 (Room F-101): 15-December-2002 11:00-1:00PM
Business-to-Business and Application Service Providers
Discussants: Joseph Bailey (7, 53) and Philipp Afeche (12, 38)

Paper Id

Paper Title

Author Name

Affiliation

7

Task Complementarities and incentives in application service provider contracts

Susarla, Anjana

University of Texas

Barua, Anitesh

University of Texas

Whinston, Andrew

University of Texas

53

B2B: Supplier Management, Investments in Information Systems, and Codifiability

Levi, Moti

A.B. Freeman School Of Business, Tulane University

38

Effect of Information Revelation Policies: A Game Theory Perspective

Kannan, Karthik

Carnegie Mellon University

Arora, Ashish

Carnegie Mellon University

Krishnan, Ramayya

Carnegie Mellon University

12

Impact of Referral Services on Channel Profits: Competition between Manufacturers and Infomediaries

Ghose, Anindya

Carnegie Mellon University

  

Mukhopadhyay, Tridas

Carnegie Mellon University

Rajan, Uday

Carnegie Mellon University

Session 6 Track 2 (Room F-102): 15-December-2002 11:00-1:00PM
Growth, Auctions, and ISPs
Discussants: Terry Henderschott (39, 66), Ken Kraemer (6), and Hemant Bhargava (88)

Paper Id

Paper Title

Author Name

Affiliation

6

Information Technology and Economic Growth: A Time series Analysis

Lee, Sang-Yong Tom

National University of Singapore

  

Gholami, Roghieh

National University of Singapore

88

Selling Off-Lease Computers Using Online Auctions
  

Snir, Eli

Southern Methodist University

66

Getting Away With It: An Examination of the Reputation System in Online Auctions

Wood, Charles

Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame

Fan, Ming

University of Washington Business School

39

Moral hazards effects on revenue sharing between Internet Service Providers
  

Constantiou, Ioanna

Athens University of Economics and Business

Session 7 Track 1 (Room F-101): 15-December-2002 2:00-4:00PM
Job Talks 1
Discussants: Chrysanthos Dellarocas (51, 79) and Sunil Mithas (83, 98)

Paper Id

Paper Title

Author Name

Affiliation

51

One Auction or Two: Simultaneous vs. Sequential Sales in Multi-unit Auctions

Feng, Juan

Penn State University

Chatterjee, Kalyan

Penn State University

79

The Mushroom Treatment: Information Suppression & Misrepresentation in Organizations

Croson, David

The Wharton School

Weber, Thomas

The Wharton School

83

Biased or Neutral? Ownership Structure of Electronic Business-to- Business Marketplaces

Yoo, Byungjoon

Carnegie Mellon University

  

Choudhary, Vidyanand

University of California, Irvine

Mukhopadhyay, Tridas

Carnegie Mellon University

98

Two Sided Networks: Value, Design and Competition

Katsamakas, Evangelos

Stern School of Business

Bakos, Yannis

Stern School of Business

Session 7 Track 2 (Room F-102): 15-December-2002 2:00-4:00PM
Job Talks 2
Discussants: Alok Gupta (8), Hila Etzion (13, 14), and Harris Wu (36)

Paper Id

Paper Title

Author Name

Affiliation

8

Economic Impact of Customer Involvement and Process Innovations on Software Development

Subramanyam, Ramanath

University of Michigan Business School

Krishnan, M.S.

University of Michigan Business School

Harter, Donald

University of Michigan Business School

13

The Effect of Internet Security Breach Announcements on Market Value of Breached Firms and Internet Security Firms

Raghunathan, Srinivasan

Univ of Texas at Dallas

Cavusoglu, Huseyin

Univ of Texas at Dallas

Mishra, Birendra

Univ of Texas at Dallas

14

Duration of Internet Firms: A Semi-Parametric Bayesian Survival Analysis

Wang, Bin

University of Minnesota

Kauffman, Robert J.

University of Minnesota

36

IT Capabilities of Firms and IT Sourcing Decision: A Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Approach

Goo, Jahyun

SUNY at Buffalo

  

Song, Yongil

SUNY at Buffalo

Kishore, Rajiv

SUNY at Buffalo

Rao, H. Raghav

SUNY at Buffalo

Nam, Kichan

Sogang University

Session 8 Track 1 (Room F-101): 15-December-2002 4:30-5:30PM
Finale 1
Discussants: Eric Clemons (96) and M.S. Krishnan (27)

Paper Id

Paper Title

Author Name

Affiliation

27

Technologies for Inducing Cooperative Behavior: Online Reputation vs Litigation

Bakos, Yannis

New York University

Dellarocas, Chrysanthos

MIT Sloan School

96