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<p><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">I am pleased to announce the December 2012 issue of </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><i>ISR</i></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif">. It should be on the "newstands" today. This issue contains 1 research commentary, 12 research articles, and 2 research notes. </font><br>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><b><i>Editorial Notes</i></b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">Ritu Agarwal</font><br>
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1120.0458"><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Calibri"><u>http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1120.0458</u></font></a><br>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><b><i>Research Commentary</i></b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri"><b>Generalizability of Information Systems Research Using Student Subjects? A Reflection on Our Practices and Recommendations for Future Research</b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">Deborah Compeau, Barbara Marcolin, Helen Kelley, and Chris Higgins</font><br>
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1120.0423"><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Calibri"><u>http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1120.0423</u></font></a><br>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><b><i>Research Papers</i></b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri"><b>Advancing Public Trust Relationships in Electronic Government: The Singapore E-Filing Journey</b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">Eric T. K. Lim, Chee-Wee Tan, Dianne Cyr, Shan L. Pan, and Bo Xiao</font><br>
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1110.0386"><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Calibri"><u>http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1110.0386</u></font></a><br>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><b>Adoption and Impacts of Interorganizational Business Process Standards: Role of Partnering Synergy</b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">Viswanath Venkatesh and Hillol Bala</font><br>
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1110.0404"><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Calibri"><u>http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1110.0404</u></font></a><br>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><b>Corporate IT Standardization: Product Compatibility, Exclusive Purchase Commitment, and Competition Effects</b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">Xinxin Li and Yuxin Chen</font><br>
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1110.0412"><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Calibri"><u>http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1110.0412</u></font></a><br>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><b>Synergy and Its Limits in Managing Information Technology Professionals</b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">Thomas W. Ferratt, Jayesh Prasad, and Harvey G. Enns</font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">1175-1194</font><br>
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1110.0413"><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Calibri"><u>http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1110.0413</u></font></a><br>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><b>User Satisfaction with Information Technology Service Delivery: A Social Capital Perspective</b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">Yongqiang Sun, Yulin Fang, Kai H. Lim, and Detmar Straub</font><br>
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1120.0421"><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Calibri"><u>http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1120.0421</u></font></a><br>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><b>Ushering Buyers into Electronic Channels: An Empirical Analysis</b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">Nishtha Langer, Chris Forman, Sunder Kekre, and Baohong Sun</font><br>
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1110.0410"><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Calibri"><u>http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1110.0410</u></font></a><br>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><b>What Motivates People to Purchase Digital Items on Virtual Community Websites? The Desire for Online Self-Presentation</b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">Hee-Woong Kim, Hock Chuan Chan, and Atreyi Kankanhalli</font><br>
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1110.0411"><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Calibri"><u>http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1110.0411</u></font></a><br>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><b>Two Worlds of Trust for Potential E-Commerce Users: Humans as Cognitive Misers</b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">Ben Q. Liu and Dale L. Goodhue</font><br>
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1120.0424"><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Calibri"><u>http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1120.0424</u></font></a><br>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><b>Real-Time Tactical and Strategic Sales Management for Intelligent Agents Guided by Economic Regimes</b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">Wolfgang Ketter, John Collins, Maria Gini, Alok Gupta, and Paul Schrater</font><br>
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1110.0415"><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Calibri"><u>http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1110.0415</u></font></a><br>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><b>Effects of the Presence of Organic Listing in Search Advertising</b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">Lizhen Xu, Jianqing Chen, and Andrew Whinston</font><br>
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1120.0425"><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Calibri"><u>http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1120.0425</u></font></a><br>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><b>Network Neutrality and Congestion Sensitive Content Providers: Implications for Content Variety, Broadband Investment, and Regulation</b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">Jan Krämer and Lukas Wiewiorra</font><br>
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1120.0420"><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Calibri"><u>http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1120.0420</u></font></a><br>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><b>Underlying Consumer Heterogeneity in Markets for Subscription-Based IT Services with Network Effects</b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">Marius F. Niculescu, Hyoduk Shin, and Seungjin Whang</font><br>
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1120.0422"><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Calibri"><u>http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1120.0422</u></font></a><br>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><b><i>Research Notes</i></b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri"><b>Effects of Individual Self-Protection, Industry Self-Regulation, and Government Regulation on Privacy Concerns: A Study of Location-Based Services</b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">Heng Xu, Hock-Hai Teo, Bernard C. Y. Tan, and Ritu Agarwal</font><br>
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1120.0416"><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Calibri"><u>http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1120.0416</u></font></a><br>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><b>Analyzing Pricing Strategies for Online Services with Network Effects</b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">Min-Seok Pang and Hila Etzion</font><br>
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1110.0414"><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Calibri"><u>http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1110.0414</u></font></a><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Cordially,</font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Ritu Agarwal</font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">EIC, ISR</font><br>
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<font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="sans-serif"><b>Ritu Agarwal</b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>Professor and Dean's Chair of Information Systems</b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>Director, Center for Health Information and Decision Systems</b></font><br>
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