Measuring the Business Value of IT Investments: Inferences from a Study of a Senior Bank Executive

Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-38

  Peffers, Ken ^a   Saarinen, Timo ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

Banks; Cost benefit analysis; Feasibility; Financial services; Information systems evaluation; Information technology (IT); Postimplementation audit; Project proposals; Strategic IS

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036116080     PISSN: 10919392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327744JOCE1201_03     Document Type: Article

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