Information technology: Of value or a vulture?

European Management Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 609-623

  Tiernan, Chris ^a   Peppard, Joe ^b  

^a Grosvenor Consultancy Services Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charge back; IT evaluation; IT investment; IT value; Value creation

Indexed keywords

EID: 10244262711     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2004.09.025     Document Type: Article

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