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Honorary Editor
Prof. Dr. Eldon Y. Li
Emeritus Professor of MIS
California Polytechnic State University
Orfalea College of Business
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
USA
Editor in Chief
Prof. Wayne Huang
Ohio University
Department of MIS
College of Business
Athens OH 45701
USA
huangw
ohio.edu
Associate Editors
Prof. Dr. Hiroshi Katayama
Waseda University
Dept. of Industrial & Management Systems Engineering
Room 1401, Bldg 51
Ohkubo 3-4-1, Shinjuku Ward
Tokyo 169-0072
JAPAN
Prof. Dr. Michael McGrath
Victoria University
School of Information Systems
PO Box 14428
Melbourne City MC 8001
AUSTRALIA
Prof. Dr. Detlef Schoder
Chair, Department of Information Systems and Information Management
University of Cologne
Pohligstrasse 1
D-50969 Cologne
GERMANY
Prof. Dr. Chwen Sheu
Kansas State University
Department of Management
101 Calvin Hall
Manhattan KS 66506
USA
Prof. Dr. David Walters
University of Western Sydney
Sydney Graduate School of Management
c/o 41 Hunter Street
Parramatta NSW 2150
AUSTRALIA
Prof. Dr. Eric T.G. Wang
Dean of College of Management
National Central University
Department of Information Management
300 Jung-da Rd.
Jung-li City, Taoyuan 320
TAIWAN
American Editor
Prof. Dr. Ferenc Szidarovszky
Professor of Systems and Industrial Engineering
University of Arizona
Department of Hydrology and Water Resources
College of Engineering
Tucson, AZ 85721
USA
Asia-Pacific Editor
Prof. Dr. Kar Yan Tam
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
School of Business and Management
Clear Water Bay
Kowloon
HONG KONG
European Editor
Prof. Dr. Holger Luczak
Managing Director, FIR and Director, IAW
Aachen University of Technology
Research Institute for Operations Management
Pontdriesch 14/16
D-52062 Aachen
GERMANY
Advisory Board
Prof. Kalle Lyytinen
Case Western Reserve University
College of Business
Cleveland, OH 44106-7235
USA
Prof. Richard Watson
University of Georgia
Terry College of Business
Athens, GA 30602-6273
USA
Editorial Board Members
Prof. Dr. Sang-Hyung AhnSa
Seoul National University
Korea College of Business Administration
Seoul 151-742
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Dr. James S.K. AngJa
National University of Singapore
Department of Decision Sciences
School of Business
1 Business Link
Singapore 117592
SINGAPORE
Prof. Dr. Hans C. BjörnssonHa
Stanford University
Center for Integrated Facility Engineering
Terman Engineering Center, MC: 4020
380 Panama Mall
Stanford CA 94305-4020
USA
Dr. Terrence E. BrownTe
Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden)
Industrial Engineering and Management
Lindstedtsvägen 30
100 44 Stockholm
SWEDEN
Dr. Thomas E. CallarmanTh
China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)
699 Hongfeng Road
Pudong
Shanghai 201206
CHINA
Prof. Dr. Houn-Gee ChenHo
National Taiwan University
Department of Business Administration
No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road
Taipei 10617
TAIWAN
Prof. Dr. Waiman CheungWa
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Department of DSE
Rm 322C K.K.Leung Building
Shatin NT
HONG KONG
Prof. Dr. Arnoud De MeyerAr
President
Singapore Management University
Singapore 188065
SINGAPORE
Prof. Dr. Timon C. DuTi
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
Prof. Paulo N. FigueiredoPa
Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV)
Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE)
Praia de Botafogo 190
22.250-900 Rio de Janeiro RJ
BRAZIL
Prof. Dr. Norma HarrisonNo
Macquarie University
Macquarie Graduate School of Management
Sydney NSW 2109
AUSTRALIA
Prof. Dr. Armand HatchuelAr
Ecole des Mines de Paris
60 boulevard Saint-Michel
F-75 272 Paris cedex 75006
FRANCE
Prof. Jack HayyaJa
Professor Emeritus
Penn State University
Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems
University Park, PA 16802
USA
Dr. Daniel HjorthDa
Malmö University and Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research Institute (ESBRI)
Saltmätargatan 9
SE-11359 Stockholm
SWEDEN
Prof. Qing HuQi
Chair of Departmernt
Florida Atlantic University
Department of Information Technology & Operations Management
Barry Kaye College of Business
Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991
USA
Prof. Dr. F. Robert JacobsF.
Indiana University
Dept. of Operations and Decision Technologies
Bloomington IN 47405
USA
Dr. Ricardo Jardim-GoncalvesRi
New University of Lisbon
Faculty of Sciences and Technology
P-2825 Monte Caparica
PORTUGAL
Prof. John D. JohnsonJo
Department Head
Utah State University
Department of Management Information Systems
Jon M. Huntsman School of Business
3515 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-3515
USA
Prof. Dr. Robert JohnstonRo
University of Warwick
Warwick Business School
Coventry CV4 7AL
UK
Prof. Dr. Thomas W. JonesTh
University of Arkansas
Information Systems Department
WCOB 204
Fayetteville AR 70701
USA
Prof. Dr. Kee Young KimKe
President
Kwangwoon University
47-1, Wolgye-Dong, Nowon-Gu
Seoul 139-701
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Prof. Dr. Mitsuru KodamaMi
Nihon University
Department of Management
College of Commerce
Tokyo 157-8570
JAPAN
Prof. Dr. LeRoy J. KrajewskiLe
William and Cassie Daley Professor of Manufacturing Strategy
University of Notre Dame
363B Mendoza College of Business
Notre Dame IN 46556-5646
USA
Prof. Dr. G. S. KuoG.
National Chengchi University
Department of Business Administration
64, Chih-nan Rd.,Sec. 2
Wenshan
Taipei 11623
TAIWAN
Prof. Dr. Hsiangchu LaiHs
National Sun Yat-sen University
No. 70, Lien-Hai Road
Kaohsiung
TAIWAN
Prof. Dr. Tien Sheng LeeTi
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Department of DSE
Shatin N.T.
HONG KONG
Prof. Dr. Jos LemminkJo
Chair of Marketing and Market Research
Maastricht University
PO Box 616
NL-6200 MD Maastricht
NETHERLANDS
Prof. Dr. Keong LeongKe
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Management Department
4505 Maryland Parkway
Box 456009
Las Vegas NV 89154-6009
USA
Prof. Dr. Baoding LiuBa
Tsinghua University
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Beijing 100084
CHINA
Prof. Chang LiuCh
North Illinois University
Operations Management and Information Systems
College of Business
DeKalb, IL 60115
USA
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. Sean McGannSe
Ohio University
College of Business
Athens, OH 45701
USA
Prof. Dr. Veljko M. MilutinovicVe
University of Belgrade
Faculty of Electrical Engineering
73 King Alexander Blvd.
11000 Belgrade
YUGOSLAVIA
Prof. Dr. J. David NaumannJ.
University of Minnesota
Carlson School of Business
3-365 Carlson Building
321 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis MN 55455
USA
Andreas NeusAn
Senior Researcher
University of Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe Service Research Institute (KSRI)
Englerstrasse 11
76131 Karlsruhe
GERMANY
Prof. Dr. Miles G. NichollsMi
RMIT University
Graduate School of Business
Level 11
239 Bourke Street, GPO Box 2476V
Melbourne, Victoria 3001
AUSTRALIA
Prof. Dr. Hisashi OnariHi
Waseda University
3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo 169-8555
JAPAN
Prof. Dr. Emilio PaolucciEm
Politecnico di Torino
Department of Business Management and Production Systems
Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24
10129 Torino
ITALY
Prof. Dr. M. Elisabeth Paté-CornellM.
The Burt And Deedee McMurtry Professor of Engineering; Chair
Stanford University
Department of Management Science and Engineering
Terman Engineering Building Room 340
Stanford CA 94305-4026
USA
Prof. Jim QuanJi
Salisbury University
Department of Information and Decision Sciences
College of Business
Salisbury, MD 2180
USA
Prof. Dr. Henry RobbenHe
Universiteit Nyenrode
Straatweg 25
NL-3621 BG Breukelen
NETHERLANDS
Prof. Dr. Arie SegevAr
University of California, Berkeley
Haas School of Business
Berkeley CA 94720-1900
USA
Prof. Dr. A. B. ShaniA.
California Polytechnic State University
Orfalea College of Business
One Grand Avenue
San Luis Obispo CA 93407
USA
Prof. Dr. Linda G. SpragueLi
Emeritus Professor
China Europe International Business School
14 Concord Avenue #509
Cambridge, MA 02138
USA
Prof. Dr. Lee S. SproullLe
New York University
Stern School of Business
44 West 4th Street Room 8-97
New York NY 10012
USA
Prof. Chee Chuong SumCh
National University of Singapore
Department of Decision Sciences
School of Business
1 Business Link
Singapore 117592
SINGAPORE
Prof. Dr. Ming-Je TangMi
National Taiwan University
Department of International Business
50 Lane 144 Section 4 Keelung Road
Taipei 106
TAIWAN
Prof. Dr. Anne S. TsuiAn
Arizona State University
BA 352B, W.P. Carey School of Business
PO Box 874006
Tempe AZ 85287-4006
USA
Prof. Dr. Michael VitaleMi
Melbourne Business School
200 Leicester St
Carlton VIC 3053
AUSTRALIA
Prof. Maggie WangMa
The University of Hong Kong
Division of Information & Technology Studies
Faculty of Education
HONG KONG
Prof. Dr. Qiwen WangQi
Peking University
Guanghua School of Management
Beijing 100871
CHINA
Prof. Dr. J. Christopher WestlandJ.
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
School of Business and Management
Clear Water Bay
Kowloon
HONG KONG
Prof. Dr. Andrew B. WhinstonAn
Hugh Roy Cullen Centennial Chair Professor
The University of Texas at Austin
McCombs School of Business
Austin TX 78712-1178
USA
Prof. Dr. D. Clay WhybarkD.
University of North Carolina
Kenan-Flagler Business School
Chapel Hill NC 27599-3490
USA
Prof. Dr. Po-Lung YuPo
Institute of Information Management
National Chiao Tung University
1001 Ta Hsueh Road
Hsinchu
TAIWAN
Prof. Dr. Xiande ZhaoXi
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Department of DSE
Shatin N.T.
HONG KONG
Prof. Dr. Vladimir ZwassVl
Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and MIS
Fairleigh Dickinson University
19 Warewoods Road
Saddle River
NJ 07458
USA