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Editor in Chief
Prof. Dr. Eldon Y. Li
University Chair Professor
National Chengchi University
Department of Management Information Systems
College of Commerce
No.64, Sec. 2, Zhi-nan Rd, Wenshan
Taipei 11605
TAIWAN, ROC
eli@calpoly.edu
Executive Editor
Prof. Dr. Timon C. Du
Director of MSc in E-Business Management
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Department of Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics
Shatin, N.T.
HONG KONG (CHINA)
timon@cuhk.edu.hk
Associate Editors
Prof. Chaochang Chiu
Department of Information Management
Yuan Ze University
135 Yuan Tung Road
Chung Li 32026
TAIWAN, ROC
Prof. Dr. Mitsuru Kodama
Nihon University
Department of Management
College of Commerce
5-2-1 Kinuta Setagaya-ku
Tokyo 157-8570
JAPAN
Prof. Dr. Emilio Paolucci
Politecnico di Torino
Department of Business Management and Production Systems
Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24
10129 Torino
ITALY
Prof. Dr. Franz Josef Radermacher
Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing/n (FAW/n)
Lise-Meitner-Straße 9
89081 Ulm
GERMANY
American Editor
Dr. Jonathan A. Morell
TechTeam Government Solutions, Inc.
NewVectors Division
3520 Green Court, Suite 250
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
USA
Asia-Pacific Editor
Prof. Dr. Patrick Y.K. Chau
Professor of Information Systems, Associate Dean, Director of BBA Programs
The University of Hong Kong
Faculty of Business and Economics
Meng Wah Complex, Pokfulam Road
HONG KONG (CHINA)
European Editor
Dr. Lee Schlenker
Department of Finance and Systems
E.M. LYON
23, avenue Guy de Collongue
69130 Ecully Cedex
FRANCE
Editorial Board Members
Dr. Niclas AdlerNi
Stockholm School of Economics
Box 6501
113 83 Stockholm
SWEDEN
Prof. Dr. Joong-Ho AhnJo
College of Business Administration
Seoul National University
Seoul 151-742
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Dr. Achraf AyadiAc
La Rochelle Business School
102 rue de Coureilles - Les Minimes
17024 La Rochelle Cedex 1
FRANCE
Dr. Gilbert BabinGi
HEC
Montreal Information Technologies
3000, Ch. Côte-Ste-Catherine
Montreal
Quebec H3T 2A7
CANADA
Prof. Dr. Tung X. BuiTu
Distinguished Professor of Global Business
University of Hawaii at Manoa
College of Business Administration
2404 Maile Way, E303
Honolulu HI 96822
USA
Prof. Dr. Hsinchun ChenHs
McClelland Professor of Management Information Systems
The University of Arizona
1130 E. Helen Street
McClelland Hall Building, Room 430
Tucson AZ 85721
USA
Prof. Dr. Jian ChenJi
Tsinghua University
School of Economics and Management
Beijing 100084
P.R. CHINA
Prof. Dr. Waiman CheungWa
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Department of DSE
Rm 322C K.K.Leung Building
Shatin NT
HONG KONG (CHINA)
Prof. Dr. Timothy S. ChouTi
Department of Information Management
National Taiwan University
50 Lane 144 Section 4 Keelung Road
Taipei 106
TAIWAN, ROC
Prof. Dr. Imran CurrimIm
Chancellors Professor of Marketing
University of California
Irvine Graduate School of Management
Irvine CA 92697-3125
USA
Prof. Dr. Michel De RougemontMi
University Paris II
LRI
Batiment 490
91405 Orsay
FRANCE
Prof. Dr. Phillip Ein-DorPh
Founding Editor of the Journal of AIS
Tel-Aviv University
New Economy Information Systems
Faculty of Management
Tel-Aviv 69978
ISRAEL
Prof. Dr. Michael D. GordonMi
University of Michigan Business School
701 Tappan Street
Ann Arbor MI 48109-1234
USA
Dr. Curtis P. HaugtvedtCu
The Ohio State University
Fisher College of Business
2100 Neil Avenue
Columbus OH 43210
USA
Dr. Milena M. HeadMi
Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Information Systems; Director, McMaster eBusiness Research Centre (MeRC)
McMaster University
DeGroote School of Business
Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M4
CANADA
Prof. Dr. Lihua HuangLi
School of Management
Fudan University
220 # Handan Road
Shanghai 200433
P.R. CHINA
Prof. Dr. Robert J. KauffmanRo
Director of the MIS Research Center; Chair of the Information and Decision Sciences Department
University of Minnesota
Information/Decision Sciences
3-436 CarlSMgmt
321 19th Ave S
Minneapolis MN 55455
USA
Prof. Dr. Jerzy A. KisielnickiJe
Warsaw University
Faculty of Management
3 Szturmowa Str.
02-678 Warszawa
POLAND
Dr. Arne KrokanAr
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Hogdaveien 44
1482 Nittedal
NORWAY
Dr. Thomas LaPortaTh
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University
321 Pond Laboratory
State College
PA 16802-6106
USA
Prof. Dr. Ting-Peng LiangTi
National Chair Professor and Director of Electronic Commerce Research Center
National Sun Yat-sen University
Department of Information Management
No. 70, Lien-Hai Road
Kaohsiung 80424
TAIWAN, ROC
Prof. Dr. Binshan LinBi
BellSouth Corporation Professor
Louisiana State University in Shreveport
Department of Management and Marketing
BE321, College of Business Administration
One University Place
Shreveport LA 71115
USA
Prof. Dr. Chi-Chun LoCh
Institute of Information Management
National Chiao Tung University
1001 Ta Hsueh Road
Hsinchu
TAIWAN, ROC
Prof. Dr. Stuart MadnickSt
John Norris Maguire Professor of Information Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sloan School of Management
Room E53-32130 Wadsworth Street
Cambridge MA 02142
USA
Prof. Dr. Donald A. MarchandDo
IMD International
Strategy and Information Management
23 Chemin de Bellerive
PO Box 915
CH-1001 Lausanne
SWITZERLAND
Prof. Dr. Michael McGrathMi
Victoria University
School of Information Systems
PO Box 14428
Melbourne City MC 8001
AUSTRALIA
Prof. Dr. Haim MendelsonHa
Stanford University
Littlefield 308
Stanford CA 94305-5015
USA
Prof. Dr. Jef I. RichardsJe
Chair, Advertising Department
University of Texas at Austin
CMA 7.142
Austin TX 78712
USA
Prof. Dr. John RosenbergJo
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
Deakin University
Geelong Waterfront Campus
East Caulfield
Geelong, Victoria 3217
AUSTRALIA
Prof. Dr. John RosenbergJo
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
Geelong Waterfront Campus
East Caulfield
Geelong, Victoria 3217
AUSTRALIA
Prof. Mohanbir S. SawhneyMo
McCormick Tribune Professor of Technology
Northwestern University
Kellogg School of Management
2001 Sheridan Road
Evanston IL 60208
USA
Prof. Dr. Detlef SchoderDe
Chair, Department of Information Systems and Information Management
University of Cologne
Pohligstrasse 1
D-50969 Cologne
GERMANY
Prof. Dr. Michael ShawMi
Hoeft Chair and Director of Center for IT and e-Business Management
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Beckman Institute
Room 2051
405 N. Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
USA
Prof. Dr. Edgar H. SibleyEd
University Professor and Eminent Scholar
George Mason University
School of Information Technology and Engineering
4400 University Drive
Fairfax VA 22030
USA
Prof. Dr. Kar Yan TamKa
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
School of Business and Management
Clear Water Bay
Kowloon
HONG KONG (CHINA)
Dr. Thompson S.H. TeoTh
National University of Singapore
Department of Decision Sciences
School of Business
1 Business Link
Singapore 117592
SINGAPORE
Prof. Dr. Efraim TurbanEf
Department of Information Systems
City University of Hong Kong
83 Tat Chee Avenue
Kowloon Tong
Kowloon
HONG KONG (CHINA)
Prof. Dr. Doug TygarDo
University of California at Berkeley
School of Information Management and Systems (SIMS)
Department of Computer Science
UCB-SIMS 102 South Hall #4600
Berkeley CA 94720
USA
Prof. Dr. Sandra VandermerweSa
Imperial College Management School
53 Prince’s Gate
Exhibition Road
London SW7 2PG
UK
Prof. Dr. Michael VitaleMi
Melbourne Business School
200 Leicester St
Carlton VIC 3053
AUSTRALIA
Prof. Dr. Kwok Kee WeiKw
Chair Professor and Department Head of Information Systems
City University of Hong Kong
HONG KONG (CHINA)
Prof. Dr. Seungjin WhangSe
Japdeep and Roshni Singh Professor of Operations, Information and Technology
Stanford University
Graduate School of Business
518 Memorial Way
Stanford CA 94305-5015
USA
Prof. Dr. D. Clay WhybarkD.
University of North Carolina
Kenan-Flagler Business School
Chapel Hill NC 27599-3490
USA
Prof. Dr. David C. YenDa
Raymond E. Glos Professor and Department Chair of Information Systems
Miami University
Department of Decision Sciences and MIS
Richard T. Farmer School of Business Administration
Oxford OH 45056
USA
Dr. Philip S. YuPh
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
19 Skyline Drive
Hawthorne
NY 10532
USA
Prof. Dongsong ZhangDo
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Department of Information Systems
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore MD 21250
USA
Prof. Dr. Vladimir ZwassVl
Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and MIS
Fairleigh Dickinson University
19 Warewoods Road
Saddle River
NJ 07458
USA