Contributing factors to information technology investment utllization in transition economies: An empirical investigation

Information Technology for Development

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-75

  Samoilenko, Sergey ^a  

^a VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; DEA; Decision trees; Efficiency; Information and communication technologies; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; EFFICIENCY; FORESTRY; INVESTMENTS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS; INVESTMENT UTILIZATION; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS; THREE-PHASE METHODOLOGY; TRANSITION ECONOMY;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 49249089769     PISSN: 02681102     EISSN: 15540170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/itdj.20087     Document Type: Article

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