What determines IT spending priorities?

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 105-110

  Cha, Hoon S ^a   Pingry, David E ^b   Thatcher, Matt E ^c  

^a SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALABAMA; ARIZONA; BUSINESS FUNCTIONS; BUSINESS GOALS; BUSINESS LEADERS; BUSINESS STRATEGY; CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FIRM SIZE; IT INVESTMENTS; IT SPENDING; MANAGERIAL DECISION; PRODUCT QUALITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SERVICE FIRMS; SMALL FIRM; SURVEY DATA;

COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; MANAGERS; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SECURITY OF DATA; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 69149108561     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1536616.1536644     Document Type: Article

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