The use of formal IT investment evaluation methods in organizations: A survey of european countries

Association for Information Systems - 12th Americas Conference On Information Systems, AMCIS 2006

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 528-535

  Hallikainen, Petri ^a   Hu, Qing ^b   Frisk, Elisabeth ^c   Päivärinta, Tero ^d   Eikebrokk, Tom Roar ^d   Nurmi, Antti ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Formal evaluation methods; IT evaluation; IT investment; IT value

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ISSUES; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; EVALUATION METHODS; IT EVALUATION; IT INVESTMENTS; IT MANAGEMENT; IT PROJECT; IT VALUE; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION METHODS; STATE OF THE ART;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYS;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84870023684     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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