Ph.D.

Seminar in Information Systems

Spring 2006
Menon and Raghunathan

Spring 2006

The seminar will cover both analytical and empirical research in the information systems
area. The seminar is arranged in terms of topics. There are at least two papers listed in
each topic. One student will be assigned to discuss each paper in the week’s topic. The
student is responsible for presenting the paper to the class and leading the discussion that
follows the presentation.

Each student should submit a one-page summary of each paper. The summary should
discuss the problem addressed by the paper, the analysis methodology, and the key
results. Each student is also responsible for submitting a term paper at the end of the
semester. The term paper should address a potential research problem. It is not expected
that the term paper will be of publishable quality. However, sufficient effort should be
put into the idea and background literature survey so that the idea can be analyzed further
to develop a publishable paper. The students are urged to talk to the instructors about
possible topics and relevant research.

Readings for MIS PhD Seminar

Empirical/Behavioral/Experimental Papers

IT Impact on business process and organizational change

1. Bertschek and Kaiser, “Productivity Effects of Organizational Change: Microeconomic
Evidence,” Management Science, March 2004, pp. 394-404.
2. Breshnahan, Brynjolfsson, and Hitt, “Information Technology, Workplace organization, and
the demand for skilled labor: firm-level evidence,” The Quarterly Journal of Economics,
February 2002.
IT Impact on Market Value of a Firm
3. M. Subramani and E. Walden, “The Impact of E-Commerce Announcements on the Market
Value of Firms,” Information Systems Research, June 2001.
Internet/E-Commerce
4. Brynjolfsson, Hu and Smith, “Consumer Surplus in the Digital Economy: Estimating the
Value of the Increased Product Variety at Online Booksellers,” Management Science,
November 2003.
5. Forman, “The Corporate Digital Divide,” Management Science, 2005.
6. Montgomery et al “Modeling Online Browsing and Path Analysis Using Clickstream Data,”
Marketing Science, vol. 23, no. 4, Fall 2004.
IS Industry
7. Kim et al, A Dynamic IT Adoption Model for the SOHO Market: PC Generational Decisions
with Technological Expectations, Management Science 2002 vol. 48, no. 2.
8. Suarez, “Network Effects Revisited: The Role of Strong ties in technology Selection,”
Academy of Management Journal, vol. 48, no. 4.
Software Projects
9. Freimut et al, “Determining Inspection Cost-Effectiveness by Combining Project Data and
Expert Opinion,” IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 31(12), December 2005.
10. Gyimothy et al, “Empirical Validation of Object-Oriented Metrics on Open Source Software
for Fault Prediction,” IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 31(10), October 2005.
11. Gattiker and Goodhue, “What happens after ERP Implementation: Understanding the Impact
of Interdependence and Differentiation on Plant-level Outcomes,” MISQ September 2005.
12. Reagans et al, “How to Make the Team: Social Networks versus Demography as Criteria for
Designing Effective Teams,” Administrative Science Quarterly, vol. 49, no. 1, 2004, pg. 101-
133.
13. Darcy et al, “The Structural Complexity of Software: An Experimental Test,” IEEE
Transactions on Software Engineering, 31(11), November 2005.
14. Briand et al, “An Experimental Investigation of Formality in UML-Based Development,”
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 31(10), October 2005.

Analytical Papers

Bundling and Information Product Design

1. Bakos, Y., and E. Brynjofsson, “Bundling Information Goods: Pricing, Profits and
Efficiency,” Management Science, Dec. 1999

2. Bakos, Y., and E. Brynjofsson, “Bundling and Competition on the Internet,” Marketing
Science, 2002

3. Hitt, L. M., and Chen, P., “Bundling with Customer Self-selection,” Management
Science, October 2005.

4. Parker and Van Alstyne, “Two-sided network effects: A Theory of Information

product Design” Management Science, October 2005.

Pricing Computer Services

5. Mendelson, H., “Pricing Computer Services: Queueing Effects,” CACM, March 1985

6. Dewan and Mendelson, "Information Technology and Time-Based Competition in

Financial Markets," Management Science, 44, 1998, pp. 595-609.

Information and Coordination in B2B markets

7. Anand and Mendelson, “ Information and Organization for Horizontal Multimarket
Coordination,” Management Science, Dec. 1997.

8. Zhu, "Information Transparency of Business-to-Business Electronic Markets: A Game-

Theoretic Analysis,” Management Science, 2004, Vol. 50, No. 5, p. 670-685.

Network Externalities
9. Riggins, F., Kriebel, Mukhopadhyay, “ The Growth of Interorganizational Systems in
the Presence of Network Externalities,” Management Science, Vol. 40, August, 1994.

10. Wang, E. T. G., and A. Seidmann, “Electronic Data Interchange: Competitive

Externalities and Strategic Implementation Policies,” Management Science, Vol. 41, No.
3, (1995), 401-418.
IT Valuation
11. Benaroch and Kauffman, “A Case for Using Real Options Analysis to Evaluate IT
Project Investments”, Information Systems Research, 1999.

12. Benaroch and Kauffman, “ Justifying Electronic Banking Network Expansion Using
Real Options Analysis, MIS Quarterly, June 2000.

Software Outsourcing and Contracting

13. Whang, S., “Contracting for Software Development,” Management Science, 1992.

14. Whang, Seungjian, “Market Provision of Custom Software: Learning Effects and
Low Balling,” Management Science, August 1995.

15. Wang, Barron, and Seidmann, “Contracting Structures for Custom Software
Development,” Management Science, 1997.