Design matters for decision makers: Discovering IT investment alternatives

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 442-461

  Frisk, Jane Elisabeth ^a   Lindgren, Rikard ^b   Mathiassen, Lars ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

action research; decision making; design thinking; IT investment

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS; MANAGERS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ACTION RESEARCH; COLLABORATIVE PRACTICES; DESIGN APPROACHES; DESIGN THINKING; IT INVESTMENTS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS; PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS; UNSTRUCTURED DATA;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84903946254     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2013.13     Document Type: Article

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