Business Planning for Network Services: A Systems Thinking Approach

Information Systems Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 260-283

  Dutta, Amitava ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business Performance; Decision Support; Online Services; Systems Dynamics

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMMERCE; COMPETITION; COSTS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; NETWORK PERFORMANCE; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PLANNING; PROFITABILITY; SALES; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SYSTEM THEORY;

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES; BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; DECISION SUPPORTS; ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTIC; ON-LINE SERVICE; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLANNING; SYSTEMS DYNAMICS;

INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS;

EID: 0035621068     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.12.3.260.9713     Document Type: Article

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