Planning technology investments for high payoffs: A rational expectations approach to gauging potential and realized value in a changing environment

Planning for information systems

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 274-301

  Au, Yoris A ^a   Goh, Kim Huat ^b   Kauffman, Robert J ^c   Riggins, Frederick J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive learning; Business value; Investment evaluation; IT investments; Planning perspective; Potential value; Rational expectations theory; Realized value

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449607984     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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