Communicating the value of uncertain information technology investments using an options approach

International Journal of Business Information Systems

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 129-148

  Raman, Roopa ^a   Grover, Varun ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IT business value; IT valuation; Real options

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745026588     PISSN: 17460972     EISSN: 17460980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIS.2005.007404     Document Type: Article

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