Reviewer Acknowledgements We at the MIS Quarterly would like to thankthe many excellent reviewerswho have volunteeredtheir time and expertise to make this an outstanding journal in the field. Their efforts make it possible for us to bring you quality articles in a timely manner. MarkAckerman PierreBerthon VivekChoudhury Universityof California,Irvine ColumbiaUniversity Universityof Pittsburgh Irvine,CA New York,NY Pittsburgh,PA FranAckermann RichardBoland KatherineM. Chudoba Case Western Reserve Universityof Strathclyde Universityof Virginia UNITEDKINGDOM University Charlottesville,VA Cleveland,OH RituAgarwal Rosann Webb Collins FloridaState Paul L. Bowen University of Queensland Universityof South Florida Tallahassee, FL University Brisbane,Queensland Tampa, FL AUSTRALIA MaryamAlavi FredCollopy Universityof Maryland James C. Brancheau Case Western Reserve MD College Park, Universityof Colorado University CO OH Jonathan P. Allen Boulder, Cleveland, of University Cambridge CarolV. 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