Information systems evaluation: An ongoing measure

International Journal of Business Information Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 336-353

  Marthandan, Govindan ^a   Tang, Chun Meng ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Business value; Evaluation approaches; Evaluation methods; Evaluation practices; Information systems; Information systems evaluation; Information technology; Investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956367084     PISSN: 17460972     EISSN: 17460980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIS.2010.035049     Document Type: Article

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