ND Professors Receive Best Paper Award

A study by Notre Dame Management Professors Robert F. Easley and John G. Michel on MP3 technology and the recording industry's response was recognized as the best theme-related paper at the International Conference on Information Systems in December.

The study found that the "open standard MP3 technology and the piracy that it enables have pushed record labels toward development of e-commerce and toward experimentation with e-distribution of music."

Easley researches a full range of issues in electronic commerce, including Internet auctions. Michel studies competitive strategy, strategic human resource management and top management teams.