Price elasticity and the growth of computer spending

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 190-200

  Tarn, Kar Yan ^a   Hui, Kai Lung ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COSTS; DATA REDUCTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SPENDING; GROWTH MODELS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INNOVATION DIFFUSIONS; PRICE ELASTICITY;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032632184     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.759148     Document Type: Article

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