Special Issue: Impacts of Information Technology Investment on Organizational Performance

Mo ADAM MAHMOOD is Professor of Computer Information Systems in the Department of Information and Decision Sciences at the University ofTexas at El Paso. He also holds the Ellis and Susan Mayfield Professorship in the College of Business Administration. He received his Ph.D. in management infonnation systems at Texas Tech University. Dr. Mahmood's research interests center on the utilization of information technology including electronic commerce for managerial decision-making and strategic and competitive advantage, group decision support systems, and infonnation systems success as it relates to end user satisfaction and usage. On these and other topics, he has published over 30 technical research papers in some of the leading joumals in the information technology field including Decision Sciences, Journal of Management Information Systems, MIS Quarterly, European Joumal oflnformation Systems, INFOR—Canadian Joumal of Operation Research and Information Processing, Information and Management, Joumal of End User Computing, and Database. He has also published over 35 research manuscripts in leading conference proceedings and has presented papers in a number of regional, national, and intemational conferences. He has recently edited and published a second book, entitled Measuring Information Technology Investment Payoff: Contemporary Approaches. Dr. Mahmood presently serves as President of the Information Resources Management Association and Editor of the Joumal of End User Computing. He has also recendy completed his two one-year terms as President of the Faculty Senate at the University of Texas at El Paso. In 1997, Govemor George W. Bush appointed him to a Texas State Board.