(Online): 1751-3235 - ISSN (Print): 1751-3227 [4 issues per year] Inderscience Publishers, Geneva, Switzerland (http://www.inderscience.com) The International Journal of Information Systems and Management is a double-blind refereed and authoritative reference dealing with working and potential information systems theories and applications as well as emerging issues of interest to professionals and academics. The Journal also publishes theories and practices that are useful to executives in managing information systems. Objectives The objectives of IJISAM are to develop, promote and coordinate the development and practice of information systems theories and methods. It also aims to help professionals, business educators, and policy-makers to contribute know-how, to disseminate information, and to learn from each other. The international dimension is emphasised in order to overcome cultural and national barriers and to meet the needs of accelerating technological and organisational changes in the global community. Readership Professionals, policy-makers, academics, researchers, and managers in IT, business and commerce. Contents IJISAM publishes original and review papers, technical reports, case studies and research notes. Contribution may be by submission or invitation, and suggestions for special issues and publications are welcome. Subject Coverage The coverage of IJISAM includes, but is not limited to, the following subjects: Agent and intelligent systems Bioinformatics and medical informatics Capabilities evaluation Collaborative work systems Collaboration management Data mining and knowledge discovery Data warehouse and OLAP Database architectures and applications Decision support systems Electronic commerce and virtual business Emerging information technologies Enterprise information systems Ethics in information systems profession Executive information systems Functional information systems Globalisation of information technology Human factors in information systems Impacts of information systems Information economics Information and communications technologies Information media and communications Information systems architectures and infrastructures Information systems education Information systems for competitive advantage Information systems outsourcing Information systems performance Information systems planning Information systems quality Information systems security Information systems theories and models Interorganisational systems Knowledge management and organisational learning Knowledge networks Knowledge-based systems architectures Management information systems Management of information resources Metrics and benchmarking Ontologies Research methods in information systems Social informatics Software process management Software project management Strategic information systems Valuation of information technology Workflow management systems Other related issues Editor-In-Chief Prof. Dr. Eldon Y. Li, National Chengchi University, Taiwan and Orfalea College of Business, California Polytechnic State University, USA. eli@calpoly.edu Editorial and Advisory Board Prof. Dr. Chrisanthi Avgerou, The London School of Economics, UK Chair Prof. Dr. Izak Benbasat, University of British Columbia, Canada Prof. Dr. Niels Bjørn-Andersen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Chair Prof. Dr. Tung X. Bui, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA Prof. Dr. Patrick Y.K. Chau, University of Hong Kong Prof. Dr. Houn-Gee Chen, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Chair Prof. Dr. Hsinchun Chen, University of Arizona, USA Chair Prof. Dr. Peter Pin-Shan Chen, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA Chair Prof. Dr. Fred D. Davis, University of Arkansas, USA Prof. Dr. Timon C. Du, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Prof. Dr. Phillip Ein-Dor, Tel Aviv University, Israel Prof. Dr. Dennis F. Galletta, University of Pittsburgh, USA Prof. Dr. Michael D. Gordon, University of Michigan, USA Chair Prof. Dr. Shirley Gregor, The Australian National University, Australia Chair Prof. Dr. Varun Grover, Clemson University, USA Chair Prof. Dr. Rudy Hirschheim, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA Prof. Dr. Ming-Hui Huang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Prof. Dr. James J. Jiang, University of Central Florida, USA Prof. Dr. Robert J. Kauffman, University of Minnesota, USA Dr. Laurie J. Kirsch, University of Pittsburgh, USA Prof. Dr. Frank F. Land, The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Prof. Dr. Allen Lee, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA Prof. Dr. Henry C. Lucas, University of Maryland, USA Emeritus Chair Prof. Dr. Richard Nolan, Harvard Business School, USA Chair Prof. Dr. Rajiv Sabherwal, University of Missouri, USA Chair Prof. Dr. Vallab Sambamurthy, Michigan State University, USA Prof. Dr. Carol S. Saunders, University of Central Florida, USA Prof. Dr. Sumit Sarkar, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Prof. Dr. Detlef Schoder, University of Cologne, Germany Chair Prof. Dr. Michael J. Shaw, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Prof. Dr. Dov Te’eni, Tel Aviv University, Israel Prof. Dr. Iris Vessey, University of Queensland, Australia Chair Prof. Dr. Douglas R. Vogel, City University of Hong Kong Prof. Dr. Eric T.G. Wang, National Central University, Taiwan Chair Prof. Dr. Kwok Kee Wei, City University of Hong Kong Chair Prof. Dr. Seungjin Whang, Stanford University, USA Chair Prof. Dr. David C. Yen, Miami University, USA Prof. Dr. Rebecca H.J. Yen, National Central University, Taiwan Prof. Dr. Soe-Tsyr Yuan, National Chengchi University, Taiwan Chair Prof. Dr. Robert W. Zmud, University of Oklahoma, USA More coming soon.....