A process-focused decision framework for analyzing the business value potential of IT investments

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 321-330

  Scheepers, Helana ^a   Scheepers, Rens ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business value; Decision framework; Mobile and wireless technology; Small and medium enterprises

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INVESTMENTS; MOBILE COMPUTING;

BUSINESS VALUES; DECISION FRAMEWORK; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 44649190366     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10796-008-9076-5     Document Type: Article

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