Tomasz Lis, Ph.D., Eng., is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Management, Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland, where he has worked since 1998. He graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at Czestochowa University of Technology and received his Ph.D. from the Faculty of Management at the same university in 2006. His research interests focus on information and knowledge management, particularly the role of these areas in building and maintaining organizations’ competitive position. His research also addresses the nature and characteristics of contemporary information and knowledge and, in connection with information and communication technologies (ICT), the information environment in which modern organizations operate. Another area of his research concerns organizational configuration in information-intensive environments, with particular emphasis on interorganizational network relationships. In this context, he investigates how organizations identify strategically relevant sources of information and knowledge and establish business relationships that enable collaborating organizations to achieve their objectives.