Linking the impact of IT investments to productivity and profitability

International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 34-49

  Rao, Mohan P ^a   Mandal, Purnendu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IT evaluation; IT investment; Measurement model; Multi factor; Performance evaluation; PPP model; Productivity paradox; Spreadsheet model

Indexed keywords

IT EVALUATION; IT INVESTMENTS; MEASUREMENT MODEL; MULTI-FACTOR; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PRODUCTIVITY PARADOX; SPREADSHEET MODEL;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; INVESTMENTS; MANAGERS; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFITABILITY; SPREADSHEETS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 80052877945     PISSN: 15481115     EISSN: 15481123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jeis.2011040103     Document Type: Article

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