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would like to thank the following individuals who provided valuable input in helping us
organize the symposium and bring some of the best research presented at the symposium
to this special issue including Rob Kauffman, Ken Kraemer, Sirkka Jarvenpaa, and Sy
Goodman. We would like to thank the MIS Research Center at the Carlson School, the
Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO) at the
University of California, Irvine, and Andrew Odlyzko and Michael Olesen from the
University of Minnesota Digital Technology Center (DTC) for their financial support in
helping us organize and run the symposium. Also, we thank Dennis Ahlburg for his
encouragement and support from the Carlson School’s Dean’s Office. Finally, the
symposium and this special issue would not have been possible without the tireless
contributions of the symposium presenters and discussants, and the symposium and
journal reviewers.
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