Risk management of contract portfolios in IT services: The profit-at-risk approach

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-48

  Kauffman, Robert J ^a   Sougstad, Ryan ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficient frontier; Financial economics; IT contracts; IT services; Managerial decision making; Mechanism design; Portfolio management; Profit at risk; Service; Value at risk

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FINANCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INSURANCE; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

BEST PRACTICES; COST OVERRUNS; DECISION SUPPORTS; EFFICIENCY EVALUATION; EFFICIENT FRONTIER; FINANCIAL ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT); IT CONTRACTS; IT SERVICE MANAGEMENT; IT SERVICES; LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY; MANAGERIAL DECISION MAKING; MECHANISM DESIGN; PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT; PROFIT-AT-RISK; SERVICE; SERVICE-LEVEL AGREEMENTS; VALUE-AT-RISK;

CONTRACTS;

EID: 49049088363     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222250102     Document Type: Article

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