Evaluating Information Technology Investments in Emerging Economies Using Activity-Based Costing

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-6

  Roztocki, Narcyz ^a   Weistroffer, Heinz Roland ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity based costing; developing countries; emerging economies; value chain model

Indexed keywords

EID: 85113512667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16814835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2004.tb00123.x     Document Type: Article

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