Areas of Interest:

All aspects of theory and research in information systems that are related to economic theory or methodology are appropriate for this workshop. Specific areas of interest include:

Information economics and the value of information in decision making.

Information technology and industrial organization.

Supply and demand of IT.

Business value measurement and the strategic impacts of IT.

Economic models for the impact of IT on organizations and markets, and the boundary of the firm.

Technology adoption and diffusion from an economic perspective.

The economics of the Internet and electronic commerce.

Contracting and agency theoretic issues in IT management.

Econometric models of information systems development and maintenance: evaluation of new tools and methodologies, measures of productivity and other economic impacts.

Public policy issues.