Chapter I: An Overview

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Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A.
Executive Director and President
Information Resources Management Association, USA

Biography

Dr. Mehdi Khosrow-Pour is currently the Executive Director and President of the Information Resources Management Association (IRMA) and Senior Technology Editor for Idea Group, Inc. He is also the Editor in Chief of the Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ), The Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations (JECO), the Annals of Cases on Information Technology (ACIT), Information Management (IM), and Consulting Editor of the Information Technology Newsletter (ITN). He is the author/editor of more than 20 books on various topics of information technology utilization and management in organizations, and more than 50 journal articles.

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