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Strategic roles of IT modernization and cloud migration in reducing cybersecurity risks of organizations: The case of U.S. federal government
In: The journal of strategic information systems, Band 31, Heft 1, S. 101707
ISSN: 1873-1198
The Impact of IT Decision-Making Authority on IT Project Performance in the U.S. Federal Government
In: forthcoming at MIS Quarterly
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Strategic Roles of IT Modernization and Cloud Migration in Reducing Cybersecurity Risks of Organizations: The Case of U.S. Federal Government
In: forthcoming at Journal of Strategic Information Systems
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AI-Powered Intelligent Automation and International Trade in Services: Implications for Service Jobs in APEC Economies
In: KIEP Series
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Armed with Technology: The Impact on Fatal Shootings by the Police
In: Fox School of Business Research Paper No. 16-020
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Study on the configuration causal factors of electric power generation safety incidents based on grounded theory and fsQCA
In: Environmental science and pollution research: ESPR, Band 31, Heft 39, S. 52562-52581
ISSN: 1614-7499
Automated Enforcement and Traffic Safety
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The Interplay between Healthcare Information Technologies and Denied Claims
In: Fox School of Business Research Paper Forthcoming
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Does Sharing Make My Data More Insecure? An Empirical Study on Health Information Exchange and Data Breaches
In: Forthcoming at MIS Quarterly
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Have Electronic Health Records Decreased Prescription Opioid Sales? Evidence from DEA Records
In: Fox School of Business Research Paper Forthcoming
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Mitigating traffic congestion: the role of intelligent transportation systems
Despite massive investments in transportation infrastructure, traffic congestion remains a major societal and public policy problem. Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) have been proposed as a potential solution to this challenge, but their effectiveness has remained unclear in both research and practice. To understand whether and how ITS affect traffic congestion, we consolidate a unique longitudinal data set on road traffic and the deployment of a large federally supported ITS program in the United States-511 systems-in 99 urban areas between 1994 and 2014. The difference-in-differences estimates show that the adoption of 511 systems is associated with a significant decrease in traffic congestion, saving over $4.7 billion dollars and 175 million hours in travel time annually in U.S. cities. 511 systems also reduce about 53 million gallons of fossil fuel consumption and over 10 billion pounds of CO2 emissions. We offer two theoretical explanations for this effect: (i) ITS help individual commuters to make better travel decisions, and (ii) ITS help local governments to develop an urban traffic management capability. Empirical evidence supports the underlying theoretical mechanisms and shows that ITS help commuters to schedule travel more efficiently, choose better navigation routes, and optimize their worktrip transportation mode. Second, the effect of ITS is contingent on road supply and public transit services. We also find that the traffic-reducing effect of ITS is larger when commuters use more online services for traffic information and when state governments incorporate more functionalities into their 511 systems. This study contributes to the literature on IT capabilities, public-sector IT value, and the societal impact of IT, while also extending the transportation economics to IT-enabled traffic interventions. Finally, we inform policymakers of ITS as a cost-effective means to mitigating traffic congestion.
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We Fly Congress: Market Actions as Corporate Political Activity in the U.S. Airline Industry
In: Organization science, Band 35, Heft 4, S. 1251-1270
ISSN: 1526-5455
The literature on corporate political activity (CPA) generally views nonmarket actions aimed at influencing political actors (e.g., lobbying or campaign contributions) as related but separate activities from market actions. This study demonstrates how firms' core market actions (e.g., market entry or geographic expansion) can function as CPA. We theorize two mechanisms through which firms leverage market actions as CPA: "pork" (i.e., ones that primarily benefit a politician's constituents) and "perk" (i.e., ones that directly benefit the politician). We document these mechanisms through an empirical analysis of data from the U.S. airline industry in 1990–2019. Specifically, we find that airlines increase the supply of flights from the airports in the home district of the chair of the Transportation Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives (pork). We also find that the airlines increase the supply of nonstop flights to Washington, DC. from the Chair's district (perk). We use counterfactual estimation methods and exogenous turnovers in committee leadership to provide causal evidence. Moreover, the observed increase in flight supplies is negatively associated with formal policy changes in Congress, and with text mining techniques, we find that this effect is stronger for bills related to aviation safety and security. We contribute to the literature on CPA by demonstrating a blurred boundary between market and nonmarket actions, which helps explain firms' competitive actions that cannot be explained by market considerations alone. Supplemental Material: The online appendix is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2022.17026 .