Firms today invest enormous resources in information technology with the hope of gaining significant returnswhich will impact their performance. A growing body of research into the firm performance effects of IT investmenthas emerged and is sometimes referred to as IT business value research....

IT creates impacts at several levels in the firm and often indirectly contributes to firm profitability. The problem ISresearchers face is identifying robust methods that give reliable results. This paper reports on state-of-the-artmethods in IT value research, reviews eleven major empirical...

We develop a framework based on quot;project networksquot; and net present value analysis in order to help managersevaluate investments in infrastructural and strategic information systems that require significant amounts of time andmoney to implement. The framework, which we term quot;value...

Implementation and maintenance of interorganizational systems (IOS) require investments by all the participating firms. Compared with intraorganizational systems, however, there are additional uncertainties and risks. This is because the benefits of IOS investment depend not only on a firm’s...

Innovations involving information technology (IT) provide potentially valuable investment opportunities for industry and government organizations. Significant uncertainties are associated with decision-making for IT investment though, a problem that senior executives have been concerned about...