Formulating Research Methods for Information Systems

Dr. Leslie Willcocks is Professor in Technology Work and Globalization and Director of the Outsourcing Unit at the Department of Management at London School of Economics and Political Science. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Information Technology. He is also Associate Fellow at Templeton College, Oxford, and Visiting Professor In Information Systems at Erasmus University, Rotterdam and at University of Melbourne. He holds a doctorate in information systems from the University of Cambridge. He is also Fellow of the British Computer Society, of the Institute of Personnel Development, and, in 2014, was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals. He is co-author of 39 books. Published in 2014 are Moving To The Cloud Corporation (Palgrave) and The Rise of Legal Services Outsourcing (Bloomsbury). He has published over 230 refereed papers in journals such as Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, California Management Review, MIS Quarterly, Journal of Management Studies including most recently Outsourcing Business Processes For Innovation (Sloan Management Review, Spring 2013).