Prioritizing a portfolio of information technology investment projects

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 33-60

  Bardhan, Indranil R ^a   Bagchi, Sugato ^b   Sougstad, Ryan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business value; Information technology; Investment evaluation; Net present value; Portfolio optimization; Real options analysis; Sequential investment

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INTERNET; INVESTMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BUDGET CONSTRAINTS; BUSSINESS VALUE; INVESTMENT EVALUATION; NET PRESENT VALUE; PORTFOLIO OPTIMIZATION; REAL OPTION ANALYSIS; SEQUENTIAL INVESTMENT;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 7444259766     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.2004.11045803     Document Type: Article

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