Technology acquisition decision making revisited: Lessons learned in an age of environmental uncertainty

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 15, Issue 3-5, 1998, Pages 222-236

  Friedman, Leonard ^a,b,c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Healthcare technology; Hospitals

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

INTEGRATED HEALTH SYSTEMS; TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION DECISION MAKING;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

EID: 0031679369     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijtm.1998.002609     Document Type: Article

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