Benchmarking information technology investment and benefits extraction

Benchmarking

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 414-423

  Alshawi, Sarmad ^a   Irani, Zahir ^a   Baldwin, Lynne ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Benchmarking; Benefits; Information technology strategy; Investment analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENTS;

INVESTMENT ANALYSIS;

BENCHMARKING;

EID: 0242364662     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770310485015     Document Type: Review

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