A process-oriented framework for justifying information technology projects in e-business environments

International Journal of Electronic Commerce

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-68

  Dutta, Amitava ^a   Roy, Rahul ^b,c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Information technology; Information technology projects; Justification; Process modeling; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 7444258141     PISSN: 10864415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10864415.2004.11044318     Document Type: Article

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