Justifying Contingent Information Technology Investments: Balancing the Need for Speed of Action with Certainty Before Action

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 11-48

  Clemons, Eric K ^a   Gu, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Information technology investments; Option valuation; Strategic investments; Strategic options

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; RISKS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

OPTION VALUATION;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0242405940     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.2003.11045763     Document Type: Review

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