Does it synergy matter in it portfolio selection?

ICIS 2009 Proceedings - Thirtieth International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Cho, Wooje ^a   Shaw, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficient frontier; IT investment allocation; IT Portfolio Selection

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENT FRONTIER; IT INVESTMENTS; IT RESOURCES; PORTFOLIO SELECTION; RISK TOLERANCE;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INVESTMENTS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84870966720     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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