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Chao-Min Chiu is Professor in the Department of Information Management at the National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan (ROC). He holds PhD in management from the Rutgers University. His research interests include electronic commerce, virtual communities and research methodology. His research has appeared in Internet Research, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Decision Support Systems, European Journal of Information Systems, Information Systems Journal, Information & Management, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, International Journal of Information Management, Computers & Education, Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, and others.

Hsin-Yi Huang is Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Information Management at the Soochow University, Taiwan. She holds PhD in Information Management from the National Central University, Taiwan. Her research interests include electronic commerce, online consumer behavior, and social network services. Her research has appeared in European Journal of Information Systems, Information Systems Journal, Computers in Human Behavior, International Journal of Information Management, Electronic Commerce Research and Applications and Online Information Review.

Hsiang-Lan Cheng is currently Junior Technical Specialist in the Kaohsiung-Pingtung Regional Center at the Centers for Disease Control Ministry of Health and Welfare, The Executive Yuan. She is also PhD candidate in the Department of Information Management at National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan. She received her MS in nursing from Kaohsiung Medical University. Her research interests include information technology applications and management in health care and online social support. Her research has appeared in Information & Management, International Journal of Information Management, Behaviour & Information Technology, Online Information Review and others.

Dr Jack Shih-Chieh Hsu is Professor at the Department of Information Management, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan. He received his PhD in management information systems from the University of Central Florida. He has had articles published in Information Systems Research, Decision Sciences, Information Systems Journal, Information & Management, Decision Support Systems, and others. His research interests include various behavioral issues in electronic commerce, information security and software project management areas.