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Fifth
Annual Netcentricity Conference
2005 Conference Co-Chairs

Dr. Ritu
Agarwal is a professor and the
Robert H. Smith Dean’s Chair of
Information Systems at the Robert H.
Smith School of Business, University of
Maryland, College Park. She has
previously served on the faculties at
Florida State University, New York
University, and the University of
Dayton. Agarwal has published over 50
papers on information technology
management topics in journals such as
Information Systems Research, MIS
Quarterly, Communications of the ACM,
Journal of Management Information
Systems, Decision Sciences, IEEE
Transactions, and Decision
Support Systems, and has made
presentations at a variety of national
and international conferences. She has
expertise in the management of
information technology in organizations.
Her current research is focused on the
IT-enabled transformations and the use
of IT in healthcare settings, how
organizations derive value from
information technology through adoption,
diffusion and creative use; and
appropriate strategies for the
management of IT human capital. She
received her Ph.D. from the University
of Florida.
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Dr.
Joseph Bailey is a research
associate professor of Decision and
Information Technologies at the Robert
H. Smith School of Business, University
of Maryland , College Park . Bailey's
research and teaching interests span
issues in telecommunications, economics,
and public policy with an emphasis on
the economics of the Internet. This area
includes an identification of the
existing public policies, technologies,
and market opportunities that promote
the benefits of interoperability. Bailey
is currently studying issues related to
the economics of electronic commerce and
how the Internet changes competition and
supply chain management. His Ph.D. is
from Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in Technology, Management and
Policy.
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Dr.
Anil K. Gupta is the Ralph J. Tyser
Professor of Strategy and Organization,
chair of the management and organization
department, and research director at the
Dingman Center, Robert H. Smith School
of Business, University of Maryland.
Gupta specializes in the field of
strategy, globalization, and
organization design and is the coauthor,
with Vijay Govindarajan, of The Quest
for Global Dominance: Transforming
Global Presence Into Global Competitive
Advantage (Jossey-Bass, 2001). He has
published over 55 papers and served on
the editorial boards of Academy of
Management Review and Journal of High
Technology Management Research. A
consultant with several corporations,
including IBM, National Semiconductor,
Marriott, First Data Corporation,
Monsanto, and Lockheed Martin, he is on
the boards of NeoMagic Corporation and
Omega Worldwide Inc. He is also a member
of the board of advisors for VennWorks
and iPark Boston. He has been a visiting
professor at Stanford University, the
Tuck School at Dartmouth College,
Bocconi Business School (Milan, Italy),
Helsinki School of Economics and
Business Administration (Finland), and
IPMI (Jakarta, Indonesia) He is also
listed in “Who’s Who in America” and is
a member of the advisory panel for “The
Knowledge Trade Initiative” sponsored by
the US-India Business Council. He
received in Doctor of Business
Administration from Harvard University.
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about Professor Gupta
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