Westland Academic

I am currently Professor of Information & Decision Sciences at the University of Illinois.

I have extensive professional experience in the US as a certified public accountant and as a risk, valuation and technology consultant in the US, Europe, Latin America and Asia.

I am the author of numerous academic papers and of six books: Financial Dynamics (Wiley 2003); Valuing Technology (Wiley 2002); Global Electronic Commerce (MIT Press 2000); Global Innovation Management (Palgrave Macmillan 2008); Red Wired: China’s Internet Revolution (Cyan, 2009); and Global e-Business (Oxford, 2010).

I am the co-editor of Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, and have served on the editorial boards of Management Science, ISR, IJEC, SSRN, and other scholarly journals.

I have held positions on the faculties at the University of Michigan, University of Southern California, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Nanyang Technological University, and other academic institutions.

I have also advised on valuation and technology strategy for Microsoft, Intel, Motorola, V-Tech, Aerospace Corporation, IBM, Pacific Bell, and other technology firms.

21 Mar 2009