Limitations and further research

About the Authors Brian Webb is a Senior Lecturer in Information Systems, School of Management and Economics, Queen’s University of

Belfast, N. Ireland. He is a former Distinguished Erskine Fellow, in the Department of Accounting, Finance, and Information Systems, Faculty of Commerce, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. He holds a Bachelors degree from Queen’s Belfast, an MBA from the University of Ulster and a PH.D. from University College London. In 1999 he was Visiting Scholar in the Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia, Canada. Prior to becoming an academic he worked as a systems analyst in both the UK and the US. He may be contacted at b.webb@qub.ac.uk

Bride Mallon is a Lecturer in Information Systems, School of Management and Economics, Queen’s University of Belfast, N. Ireland. She hold s a Bachelors degree from NUI Galway, a Masters degree from the University of Ulster and a PH.D from Queen’s Belfast. In addition to Multimedia, her current research interests include gaming and business / management simulation software. She may be contacted at b.mallon@qub.ac.uk

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