The growing risks of information systems success
MIS Quarterly
Cost-benefit methodology for office systems
ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS)
Price and value of decision support systems
MIS Quarterly
Cost-Benefit Analysis in Information Systems Development and Operation
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
Communications of the ACM
Management Information Systems: The Critical Strategic Resource
Management Information Systems: The Critical Strategic Resource
Corporate Information Systems Management: The Issues Facing Senior Executives
Corporate Information Systems Management: The Issues Facing Senior Executives
Building Effective Decision Support Systems
Building Effective Decision Support Systems
The 3-D Model of Information Systems Success: The Search for the Dependent Variable Continues
Information Resources Management Journal
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Recently, strategic implications of information technology have attracted much attention. Many successful applications have been analyzed and frameworks have been developed to help firms identify opportunities for applying strategic information systems (SIS). However, little research has studied how these strategic opportunities can be evaluated. Previous applications of SIS have indicated that competitive advantages are not guaranteed and risks always exist. Hence, for a firm pursuing strategic uses of information technology, careful evaluation of potential opportunities before their implementation is crucial. In this article we present a competition-oriented approach to analyzing potential competitive advantages. This approach enhances the traditional cost-benefit analysis to fit the need for evaluating SIS. It consists of three major modules: value analysis, advantage analysis, and risk analysis. An example showing how a project having negative net present values can become feasible in VAR analysis is illustrated.