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class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">I am delighted
to announce that the paper published in <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">JMIS</I> was just awarded the Prix
Académique de la Recherche en Management-2013, a top French management-research
award.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The authors are Shirish C.
Srivastava of HEC Paris and Thompson S.H. Teo of the National University of
Singapore.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Their “Contract
Performance in Offshore Systems Development: Role of Control Mechanisms”
appeared in Volume 29, Number 1 (Summer 2012) issue of the <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Journal. </I>The paper received the Prix as
the best paper in the Operations Management/Control/Information Systems
category.</FONT></FONT></P>
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class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Congratulations
to the authors!</FONT></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>