Escalation and premature termination in MIS projects: The role of real options

Information Management & Computer Security

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 324-335

  Chulkov, Dmitriy V ^a   Desai, Mayur S ^a  

^a TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Investments; Management information systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INVESTMENTS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGERS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

ACCURATE; CASE STUDIES; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ECONOMIC; EVALUATING; INVESTMENT PROJECTS; PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE TERMINATIONS; REAL OPTIONS;

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 54949093299     PISSN: 09685227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09685220810908769     Document Type: Review

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