Acknowledgment

No book project can be completed successfully without the support of a dedicated editorial team. I would like to thank the team at IGI Global for that. Special thanks go to Kristin Klinger, Carla Hackman, and Deborah Yahnke. Many thanks are also due to Heather Probst, Elizabeth Duke, and their journal editorial team for their support in the development of several issues of the International Journal of e-Collaboration. Since most of the chapters in this book are revised versions of articles previously published in that journal, many of the chapters published here would not exist without Heather's and Elizabeth's excellent support.

I thank Texas A&M International University for their institution support. Special recognition in that respect is due to Ray Keck, the University's President; Dan Jones, Provost; and Jacky So, Dean of the College of Business and Economics. Thanks are also due to the great group of colleagues with whom I have been sharing the third floor of Pellegrino Hall on the University's beautiful campus. They make up the Division of International Business and Technology Studies, which I have had the pleasure to serve since 2006 in the capacity of Founding Chair. My special thanks go to Cindy Martinez, Jacques Ver-ville (now at the University of British Columbia), Jackie Mayfield, Milton Mayfield, Ananda Mukherji, Pedro Hurtado, Balaji Janamanchi, Leonel Prieto, and Hugo Garcia for the leadership roles that they have played in the Division.

Last, but most important of all, I would like to thank my family for their love and support. This book is dedicated to them.

Ned Kock