Information technology investment strategies under declining technology cost

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 321-350

  Demirhan, Didem ^a   Jacob, Varghese S ^b   Raghunathan, Srinivasan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost advantage; Declining IT cost; Economic analysis; Game theory; IT investment; IT strategy

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COSTS; ECONOMICS; GAME THEORY; INVESTMENTS; MARKETING;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; PRICE-SENSITIVE MARKETS; SERVING QUALITY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33748624598     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222220311     Document Type: Article

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