Strategic information technology investments: guidelines for decision making
Journal of Management Information Systems
A two-level investigation of information systems outsourcing
Communications of the ACM
Information Technology Effects on Firm Performance As Measured by Tobin's Q
Management Science
Real options analysis of the timing of IS investment decisions
Information and Management
A Case for Using Real Options Pricing Analysis to Evaluate Information Technology Project Investment
Information Systems Research
The Impact of E-Commerce Announcements on the Market Value of Firms
Information Systems Research
Real Options and IT Platform Adoption: Implications for Theory and Practice
Information Systems Research
IT Outsourcing Strategies: Universalistic, Contingency, and Configurational Explanations of Success
Information Systems Research
Information systems outsourcing: a survey and analysis of the literature
ACM SIGMIS Database
Information Systems Research
What Do You Know? Rational Expectations in Information Technology Adoption and Investment
Journal of Management Information Systems
On the Valuation of Multistage Information Technology Investments Embedding Nested Real Options
Journal of Management Information Systems
Journal of Management Information Systems
Managing Information Technology Investment Risk: A Real Options Perspective
Journal of Management Information Systems
Journal of Management Information Systems
Journal of Management Information Systems
Information Systems Research
Information Systems Journal
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This study examines the effect of the resolution of uncertainty on real options exercise decisions with respect to three e-commerce investment options: scale-up, stage and joint investment, and the relationship between exercise of these options and firm performance. The results of a study of 172 public e-commerce investment announcements show that resolution of external (exogenous) and internal (endogenous) uncertainty has a significant effect on option exercise decisions. However, the results also imply that simply waiting without investment in active learning does not create significant value from real options. The key differentiator is how a firm resolves endogenous uncertainty as this endows it with the ability to successfully undertake the information technology investment and exploit the economic opportunity implied by the resolution of exogenous uncertainty. Furthermore, our results imply that different options should be used to manage situations involving certainty of loss on one hand and severity of loss on the other hand. Thus, it is important for firms to make the right choices when using options-based investing to manage risk. We suggest that, perhaps, managers need to maintain a portfolio of options to manage the two dimensions of risk simultaneously. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.