Birendra (Barry) K. Mishra, is Professor of Accounting and Information Management at UC Riverside. He obtained his Ph.D. in Accounting from University of Texas at Austin. Barry`s research interests are in the areas of accounting and control, public poliy, supply chain management, risk management and information systems. He uses a variety of methodologies including game theory, agency theory, empirical methods and his major articles have been published in Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, Management Science, Marketing Science, Information System Research and IEEE Journal of System man and cybernetics. Barry teaches in managerial accounting and financial accountig areas.