The propagation of technology management taxonomies for evaluating investments in Information Systems

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 161-177

  Irani, Zahir ^b   Love, Peter E D ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Benefits; Costs; Evaluation; Investment; MRPII; Taxonomies; Technology management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034434544     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.2000.11045650     Document Type: Article

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