The advancement of IS Evaluation: A literature review

PACIS 2008 - 12th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: Leveraging ICT for Resilient Organizations and Sustainable Growth in the Asia Pacific Region

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Nagm, Fouad ^a   Kautz, Karl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

IS Evaluation; IS investments; IS value posit

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EVALUATION APPROACH; INDUSTRY USE; IS EVALUATION; IS VALUE POSIT; LITERATURE REVIEWS; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; THEORY AND PRACTICE;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84855704463     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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