Options analysis of software platform decisions: A case study

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 227-242

  Taudes, Alfred ^a   Feurstein, Markus ^a   Mild, Andreas ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; IS investment; Real options; SAP R 3; Software platform; Strategic IS management

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENTS;

IS INVESTMENT; REAL OPTIONS; SAP R/3; SOFTWARE PLATFORM; STRATEGIC IS MANAGEMENT;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0000832328     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3250937     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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