Note: An economic analysis of IS budgets

Management Science

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1745-1755

  Gurbaxani, Vijay ^a   Kraemer, Kenneth ^a   Vitalari, Nicholas ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cobb Douglas Production Function; Information; Information Systems Efficiency; Production of; Services

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COSTS; DATA ACQUISITION; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL; PRODUCTIVITY;

COBB DOUGLAS PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS;

INFORMATION SERVICES;

EID: 0031337691     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.43.12.1745     Document Type: Article

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