Limits to value in electronic commerce-related IT investments

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 59-80

  Chircu, Alina M ^a,b   Kauffman, Robert J ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Carlson Sch Dissertation Fellowship   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business value; Case study; Conversion barriers; Corporate travel industry; Electronic commerce; Information technology investments; Valuation barriers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034434770     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.2000.11045645     Document Type: Article

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