Development of a framework to assess and guide IT investments: An analysis based on a discretionary-mandatory classification

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 181-193

  Joshi, Kailash ^a   Pant, Somendra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feasibility analysis; Information systems; IS policy; IS project; IS strategy; IT evaluation; IT investment; Project management; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ANALYSIS;

FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS; IS STRATEGY; IT INVESTMENT;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 44249092960     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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