Dr. Joseph Rottman is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He earned his doctor of science in information management from Washington University in St. Louis. He has conducted research and spoken internationally on global sourcing, innovation diffusion, and public sector IT. Dr. Rottman presented a keynote address at the Michael CorbettOutsourcing World Summit Conference in Bangalore, India. He has conducted case studies in more than 30 firms. His research is being published and presented to senior executives worldwide, including the Advanced Practices Council of the Society for Information Management, theOutsourcing World Summit in India, and in publication outlets such as MIS Quarterly Executive, Information and Management, and CIO Insight. He can be reached at rottman at umsl.edu.