Panos Markopoulos is Associate Professor of Management Information Systems in the Department of Business and Public Administration of the University of Cyprus, and Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship. Dr. Markopoulos completed his PhD in the University of Pennsylvania studying the mechanism by which consumers receive information about products and services in electronic markets.His professional experience includes the Athens Stock Exchange, IBM Research, and the management consulting firm McKinsey & Co, where he consulted for the top management of leading corporations in Europe, USA and Canada. As an academic, he has taught in Cornell University and the Wharton Business School, and has published in top tier journals including Management Science.