Explorations in Information Space: Knowledge, Actor, and Firms

Max H. Boisot is Professor of Strategic Management at the Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham. He is also Visiting Fellow at the Snider Center for Entrepreneurial Research, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and Associate Fellow at Templeton College, Oxford University. Between 1984 and 1989 he was dean and director of the China-Europe Management Program in Beijing. This has since evolved into the China-Europe International BusinessSchool (CEIBS) in Shanghai. Max Boisot has published in Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, Research Policy, and The Journal of Evolutionary Economics. His most recent book, Knowledge Assets: Securing Competitive Advantage in the Information Economy (Oxford University Press, 1998) wasawarded the Ansoff Prize for the best book on strategy in 2000. Ian C. MacMillan is the Co-Director of the Wharton Entrepreneurial Center, Director of the Snider Entrepreneurial Research Center. and Dhirubhai Ambani Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship there. MacMillan joined the Center in 1986, after having served as Director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at NYU. He has taught at NYU, Columbia University, Northwestern University, and University of South Africa. MacMillan has extensive consulting experience with international companies.He has published numerous articles and books on organizational politics, new ventures, and strategy formulation and execution. He has published in the Harvard Business Review, The Sloan Management Review, The Journal of Business Venturing, among others. His latest books, The Entrepreneurial Mindset,and MarketBusters were written with Rita Gunther McGrath.Kyeong Seok Han is Professor of Management Information Systems at School of Business Administration, Soongsil University, Korea. He was also Senior Research Fellow at the Snider Center for Entrepreneurial Research, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He was appointed professor at the University of Houston in 1990 after being awarded a Ph.D. degree from Purdue University. Kyeong Seok Han has published in Applied Economics (SSCI Journal), International Journal ofElectronic Commerce (SSCI Journal), Accounting, and Management and Information Technologies, as well as in other journals and books. His most recent paper was awarded a prize for the best research paper on August, 2006.