The cost impact of spam filters: Measuring the effect of information system technologies in organizations

Information Systems Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3 PART 2, 2012, Pages 1068-1080

  Caliendo, Marco ^a   Clement, Michel ^b   Papies, Dominik ^b   Scheel Kopeinig, Sabine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Propensity score matching; Selection bias; Spam; Spam filter

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; COST REDUCTION; COSTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DATA SETTINGS; IS TECHNOLOGIES; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING; SELECTION BIAS; SPAM; SPAM FILTER; WORKING TIME;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84871557816     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1110.0396     Document Type: Article

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