BIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES

Charles T. Caine is presently VP of IS for Resourcing Services Company LLC in Troy, Michigan, USA. He has 18 years of systems experience from software development, infrastructure design and support, IT consulting, and IT strategy development. He has worked for EDS and Perot Systems supporting clients in the automotive, manufacturing, transportation, and consumer products industries. He received his BS in Computer Science from the University of North Texas in Denton, TX, and his MBA from Oakland University in Rochester, MI.

Thomas W. Lauer holds a BA in Mathematics, an MBA, and a PhD in Management Information Systems, all from Indiana University. He also holds an MA in Public Administration from the University of New Mexico. He is currently professor of Management Information Systems at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, USA. Prof. Lauer has more than 30 publications and has received a number of grants for his research in MIS.

Eileen Peacock is currently associate dean and professor of Accounting in the School of Business Administration, Oakland University, USA. She obtained her PhD from the University of Birmingham, England. Her research interests lie in managerial accounting including activity-based costing, behavioral aspects of accounting, and AIS curriculum development. She has published in a variety of journals and magazines including The British Accounting Review, Review of Information Systems, Internal Auditing, Journal of Cost Management, Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, Management Accounting and Review of Accounting Information Systems.