Measuring gains in operational efficiency from information technology: A study of the positran deployment at Hardee's Inc.

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 29-54

  Banker, Rajiv D ^a,b   Kauffman, Robert J ^c   Morey, Richard C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Measuring value of information systems; Operational efficiency; Productivity gains due to information systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002076759     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.1990.11517888     Document Type: Article

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