Research Interests Economics of Information Systems E-business strategies Online Search and Advertising Decentralized online information   Contact 3370 Van Munching Hall Department of Decision, Operations and Information Technologies University of Maryland College Park 20742 Email: vandana@umd.edu

DISSERTATION Committee: Dr. Siva Viswanathan (IS) Dr. Henry Lucas (IS) Dr. Ritu Agarwal (IS) Dr. Jie Zhang (Marketing) Dr. Ingmar Prucha (Economics)   Understanding Consumers’ Online Information Retrieval and Search: Implications for Firm Strategies