He holds an MBA and a PhD from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and he spent the last two years teaching and researching with the University of Michigan’s School of Information. His research focuses on innovation and design, and he’s particularly interested in the way standardized processes and large-scale integrated information systems (like ERP) can encourage or limit organizational innovation. Berente has authored more than forty research articles and has published many of them in peer-reviewed academic journals and in books. He is currently collaborating with researchers from three different universities on a book entitled The Architecture of Innovation.