Valuing worldwide diversity in a European spirit: being more critical and open

摘要

When Ray Paul and Richard Baskerville informed and encouraged me about the possibility to apply for this position of co-Editor at the European Journal of Information Systems, I felt tremendously honored, pleased and enthusiastic, but also incapable of approving. Having, during many years, been an Editor-in-Chief at Systemes d'Information et Management (Rowe, 2006), I knew that it was also very demanding and did not feel to be up to the task. On the other hand, this was such an opportunity to be serving for a journal we greatly respected and valued - in France it is ranked among the top four journals in IS - that I could hardly refuse.