BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

Vital Roy is an assistant professor at HEC Montreal, Canada. He received his BScA from the University of Quebec in Montreal, his MSc in Management from the University of Quebec in Chicoutimi and his PhD from HEC Montreal. His present research interests are in the following areas: information systems sourcing, organization of the information system function, and the socio-political dimension of information technologies.

Benoit A. Aubert is an associate professor at HEC Montreal, Canada, and Fellow at the CIRANO (Center for Interuniversity Research and Analysis on Organizations). His main research areas are outsourcing, risk management, and new organization forms. He is currently involved in the development of measures and software tools to support management of outsourcing risk and its integration with other corporate risks.