Establishing priorities for WCM investment alternatives

Journal of Decision Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-53

  Hallikainen, Petri ^a   Kivijärvi, Hannu ^a   Nurmimäki, Kari ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

IS Evaluation Methodology; IT IS Investments

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349251046     PISSN: 12460125     EISSN: 21167052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/jds.15.23-53     Document Type: Article

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