The intangible benefits and costs of investments: Evidence from financial markets

Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 1997

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 147-166

  Brynjolfsson, Erik ^a   Yang, Shinkyu ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; FINANCE; FINANCIAL MARKETS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

BALANCE SHEETS; COSTS AND BENEFITS; EXCESS RETURNS; INTANGIBLE ASSETS; INTANGIBLE BENEFITS; INTANGIBLE COSTS; MARKET VALUATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84905991871     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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