I am a Senior Lecturer of Information Systems at Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). I hold MSc and PhD degrees in Information Systems from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK. I am generally interested in the use of information technologies for coordination and control of distributed activities. I am currently doing research on the harmony between the usability of handheld computers and inter-organisational control.

In a very dinamyc presentation Prof. Michael Dowling from University of Regensburg -DE told us about his research about entrepreneurship in high tech startups.
He told that the intensity of international competition in new technologies has increased dramatically in the last few years and a key success factor has become the ability of entrepreneurs to manage both new technologies and business opportunities. He presented some USA and Germany research projects, some real cases of entrepreneurs and success cases.

John Venable is Associate Professor and former Head of School at the School of Information Systems, Curtin University of Technology, in Perth, Western Australia. He holds a B.S. from the United States Air Force Academy and an M.S. in Management Science, an M.S. in Advanced Technology, and a PhD in Advanced Technology (Information Systems) from Binghamton University, USA.