Information technology Portfolio Management: Literature review, framework, and research issues

Information Resources Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 64-87

  Kumar, Ram ^a   Ajjan, Haya ^a   Niu, Yuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Business value of it; It portfolio management

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; INVESTMENTS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

BUSINESS VALUE OF IT; IT PORTFOLIOS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENTS; PROCESS-ORIENTED; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY PORTFOLIOS;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70249127651     PISSN: 10401628     EISSN: 15337979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/irmj.2008070104     Document Type: Article

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