Real options and IT platform adoption: Implications for theory and practice

Information Systems Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Fichman, Robert G ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

IT adoption; IT innovation; IT investments; IT platforms; Real options

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INVESTMENTS; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) ADOPTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) INNOVATIONS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) PLATFPORM; REAL OPTIONS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 4043130906     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1040.0021     Document Type: Review

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