DIGITS Research Projects

The Smith School has received a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct research on Rapid Response Electronic Markets for Time-Sensitive Goods.

To read more about this research project visit the ITR-NSF grant page.

Projects Sponsored by DIGITS

The Center for Digital Thought and Strategy is proud to present a new study that analyzes the best practices among e-commerce companies. The study--conducted by MBA students at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland--examined the web sites of over 150 e-commerce companies and associated web site data. The research shows that some web technologies adopted by e-commerce companies are a source of competitive advantage while others are not. The study also finds significant differences among technology diffusion and its potential as a source of competitive advantage by industry. Perhaps most surprising is that the study finds the impact of web technology on performance is not universal among e-commerce companies. The impact of web technology adoption is contextual, which includes very different impacts for newer e-commerce entrants relative to established e-commerce companies.

• DIGITS E-Commerce Study 2009

Cynthia Stevens and Craig Carter, "Structural and Event Factors Affecting Success in Electronic Reverse Auctions"

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Galit Shmueli and Wolfgang Jank, "Statistical Analysis of Online Markets: Exploring and Characterizing Lucrative Markets"

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Joseph Bailey, "Information Asymmetries in Electronic Hierarchies"

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Martin Dresner, Robert Windle, and Ming Zhou, "Effectiveness of Seller Credibility Systems in Online Auction Markets"

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Sanjay Gosain and Shiva Viswanathan, "The Net-Centric Auto-Dealer - Creating Value with Information Orchestration"

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S. Raghavan, "Restricted Preference Combinatorial Auctions"

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Student Applied Research Projects

Joining the center's applied research projects initiative, undergraduate business students Christopher Ajiri, Vincent Kan and Megan Moy designed and implemented a web-based system that allows authors of digital context to connect and contract with a copy editor, "Virtual Administrative Task Management System"

• Project Report
• Presentation