It implementation contract design: Analytical and experimental investigation of it value, learning, and contract structure

Information Systems Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 787-801

  Wu, D J ^a   Ding, Min ^b,c   Hitt, Lorin M ^d  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical modeling; Business value of IT; Economics of IS; Enterprise systems; Laboratory experiments; Management of IS projects

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE;

BUSINESS VALUE OF IT; ECONOMICS OF IS; ENTERPRISE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES; ENTERPRISE SYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; OPTIMAL CONTRACT DESIGN; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 84885119295     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1120.0448     Document Type: Article

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