Technical efficiency analysis of information technology investments: A two-stage empirical investigation

Information and Management

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 391-401

  Shao, Benjamin B M ^a   Lin, Winston T ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Business value; Data envelopment analysis; Information technology; Productivity paradox; Technical efficiency; Tobit regression model

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA);

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0036497748     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(01)00105-7     Document Type: Article

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