Balanced Scorecard: A Tool to Improve IS Department Planning and Evaluation

Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 7-29

  Simon, Steven John ^a  

^a OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Balanced scorecard; intangible costs; IS planning; project evaluation; ROI

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857940130     PISSN: 15228053     EISSN: 23336897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15228053.2005.10856074     Document Type: Article

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