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Presence Current · Arkansas
Last published 2026
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Mary C. Lacity

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Distinguished Professor and David D. Glass Endowed Chair in Information Systems

Also affiliated: City University of Hong Kong (2017); American University (2014–2024); University of Missouri–St. Louis (1995–2018); Arkansas State University System (2024); University of Oxford (1996); University of Houston (1991–1995); University of Missouri (1993–2017); London School of Economics and Political Science (2017–2018)

53 h-index 283 pubs 12,794 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Mary C. Lacity's research focuses on information technology (IT) sourcing practices, including outsourcing and insourcing, with an emphasis on understanding business advantage and the predictors of IT innovation adoption. Her work has investigated the value proposition of selective IT sourcing and examined the realities versus the myths surrounding IT insourcing.

She has published extensively on IT outsourcing, with several articles reviewing the empirical literature and offering insights for practice and future research directions. Lacity leads a research group and has collaborated with several faculty members at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Remko van Hoek, Jeffrey K. Mullins, Lynda L. Coon, and Zachary R. Steelman.

Her scholarship metrics include an h-index of 53, with a total of 283 publications that have garnered over 12,835 citations. She remains an active researcher, with her most recent publication in 2026.

Metrics

  • h-index: 53
  • Publications: 283
  • Citations: 12,794

Positions

Selected Publications

  • From ideology to design: Toward purposeful decentralization of information systems governance (2026)
  • The Evolution of Intelligent Automation as a Sourcing Option (2024)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • An Architect’s View of Privacy (2024)
  • Introduction to Human Privacy in Virtual and Physical Worlds (2024)
  • Web2 Versus Web3 Information Privacy: An Information Systems Discipline Perspective (2024)
    Technology, work and globalization 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A qualitative systematic review of trust in technology (2024)
    Journal of Information Technology 34 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • IT’s a matter of trust: Literature reviews and analyses of human trust in information technology (2024)
    Journal of Information Technology 32 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Conflict Resolution in Business Services Outsourcing Relationships (2024)
  • Debating Genres and IS Research: The Case of Action Principles for Service Automation (2023)
  • Web 2 vs. Web 3 Paths to the Metaverse: Who Is Leading? Who Should Lead? (2023)
    The Journal of British Blockchain Association 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Verifiable Credentials in the Token Economy (2022)
    Technology, work and globalization 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Blockchains and the Token Economy (2022)
    Technology, work and globalization 30 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • How Many Public Corporations Recognise “Token Economy” Technologies as Materially Significant? Evidence from 10-K Reports (2022)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Influencing supply chain practice: the action principles approach applied to pandemic risk management (2022)
    International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management 12 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Robotic process automation in Maersk procurement–applicability of action principles and research opportunities (2022)
    International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management 34 citations DOI OpenAlex

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