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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The production of any book involves valued contributions from a number of persons. We would like to
thank all of our editors for encouragement, insight, and strong support for many years. We thank Bob
Horan for guiding the development of this edition and Karalyn Holland for her role in managing the project.
Our special thanks go to our supplement authors for their work. We are indebted to William Anderson for
his assistance in the writing and production of the text and to Megan Miller for her help during production.
We thank Diana R. Craig for her assistance with database and software topics.
Special thanks to my colleagues at the Stern School of Business at New York University; to Professor
Lawrence Andrew of Western Illinois University; to Professor Detlef Schoder of the University of Cologne;
to Professor Walter Brenner of the University of St. Gallen; to Professor Lutz Kolbe of the University of
Gottingen; to Professor Donald Marchand of the International Institute for Management Development; and
to Professor Daniel Botha of Stellenbosch University who provided additional suggestions for improvement.
Thank you to Professor Ken Kraemer, University of California at Irvine, and Professor John King, University
of Michigan, for more than a decade’s long discussion of information systems and organizations. And a
special remembrance and dedication to Professor Rob Kling, University of Indiana, for being my friend and
colleague over so many years.

We also want to especially thank all our reviewers whose suggestions helped improve our texts. Reviewers
for this edition include the following:

Brad Allen, Plymouth State University Kimberly L. Merritt, Oklahoma Christian University
Anne Formalarie, Plymouth State University James W. Miller, Dominican University
Bin Gu, University of Texas – Austin Fiona Nah, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Essia Hamouda, University of California – Riverside Thomas Schambach, Illinois State University
Pearson gratefully acknowledges and thanks the following people for their work on the Global Edition:

Global Edition Contributors

Ahmed Elragal, German University in Cairo Patricia Lago, VU University Amsterdam
Niveen Ezzat, Cairo University Lesley Land, University of New South Wales
Bee Hua Goh, National University of Singapore Daniel Ortiz-Arroyo, Aalborg University
Jonas Hedman, Copenhagen Business School Neerja Sethi, Nanyang Technological University
Ari Heiskanen, University of Oulu Vijay Sethi Nanyang, Technological University
Stefan Henningsson, Copenhagen Business School Upasana Singh, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Andy Jones, Staffordshire University Damian A. Tamburri, VU University Amsterdam
Faouzi Kamoun, Zayed University Robert Manderson, University of Roehampton

Global Edition Reviewers

James Collins, Aalto University School of Business Abdul Razak bin Rahmat, Universiti Utara Malaysia
Navonil Mustafee, Swansea University Bernd Schenk, University of Liechtenstein
Karsten Boye Rasmussen, University of Southern Denmark

K.C.L.
J.P.L.

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