While many authors focus on the outcome of information systems (IS) investments, this paper explores management practices that support the deployment of IS investments so they can ultimately create value to the organisation. Such practices are defined as value management practices that facilitate the identification, creation, and capture of value in the deployment of IS investments. Very limite...

Abstract There are only little doubts that territorial competition related to attracting new investments is getting increasingly severe. This closely connected with the wide spectrum of location factors bear economic as well social and environmental dimensions. While some these barely manageable, majority them can be actively shaped via policies different kinds scales. Not surprisingly, intense...

Despite the substantial growth of IT investments, evidence on their impact on firm performance remains inconclusive. An important management question is whether anticipated economic benefits of IT investments are being realized. The intangible benefits obtained from IT are not captured by accrual-based accounting measures alone, and, therefore, call for a comprehensive measure that focuses on s...

In many practical investment situations the amount of available memory on stock data is extremely huge. Thus many investors are attracted to base their decisions on the information "currently available in their minds" (see [1, 2]). In the present paper various risk measurement models having application in the investment management are discussed. First we explain the concept of mean variance eff...

Real world investment decisions are generally made sequentially over time. The possibility of subsequent decisions like suspending a project must be considered when an initial investment decision is made. This seems to be particularly important in the case of investments, which take a long 'time to build'. This paper analyzes the impact of lags between the initial investment decision and the co...

We describe how managers can entrench themselves by making manager-specific investments that make it costly for shareholders to replace them. By making manager-specific investments. managers can reduce the probability of being replaced extract higher wages and larger perquisites from shareholders. and obtain more latitude in determining corporate strategy. Our model of entrenchment has empirica...

This paper examines investments in cloud computing using the Benefits Management approach. The major contribution of the paper is to provide a unique insight into how organizations derive value from cloud computing investments. The motivation for writing this paper is to consider the business benefits generated from utilizing cloud computing in a range of organizations. Case studies are used to...