He holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and economics, a master’s degree in social-industrial psychology, and a Ph.D. degree in information systems from Tel Aviv University. He has held visiting positions at UCLA (as a Fulbright Scholar) and University of Maryland, College Park. His research interests focus on economic and strategic aspects of IT development, outsourcing, and use. Lior’s articles have been published in numerous information systems journals including MIS Quarterly, European Journal of Information Systems, Information Systems Journal, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Journal of Information Technology, and Journal of Strategic Information Systems. His work has also appeared in economics, project management, and medical informatics journals.