Evaluation of information technology investment: A data envelopment analysis approach

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1368-1379

  Chen, Yao ^a   Liang, Liang ^b   Yang, Feng ^b   Zhu, Joe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Efficiency; Information technology (IT); Performance

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; EFFICIENCY; INVESTMENTS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; PERFORMANCE;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT); PRODUCTIVITY IMPACTS; RETURN ON INVESTMENT;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 26444468494     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2004.09.021     Document Type: Article

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