Factors influencing the identification of it indirect costs - A case study

Proceedings of the European and Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems, EMCIS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ghoneim, Ahmad ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Factors; Identification; Indirect costs; IT evaluation

Indexed keywords

APPRAISAL TECHNIQUES; FACTORS; IDENTIFICATION PROCESS; INDIRECT COSTS; INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES; INVESTMENT DECISION MAKING; INVESTMENT DECISIONS; IT EVALUATION; IT INVESTMENTS; JUSTIFICATION PROCESS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; ORGANIZATIONAL DIMENSIONS; ROBUST IDENTIFICATION;

COSTS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; RESEARCH;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84857615828     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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