Managing information technology investments using a real-options approach

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-62

  Balasubramanian, P ^a   Kulatilaka, N ^a   Storck, J ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business capabilities; Investment management process; IT infrastructure investments; Real options

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141577149     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8687(00)00038-X     Document Type: Article

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