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Information Technology and the Productivity Paradox: Assessing the Value of Investing in IT

4 reviews

Oxford University Press, USA, 1999

Excellent read - informed author.
This is an excellent read concerning the complex issues of the world of MIS. Explains how to effectively evaluate this relatively new management tool. The old rules are out but not disgarded concerning cost effectiveness. If you are planning on spending money on MIS or concerned that you are not getting your money's worth - read this!

Strategies for Electronic Commerce and the Internet

3 reviews
Henry C., Jr. Lucas

The MIT Press, 2003

Excellent, well-written, and strongly grounded
This is a well-written book that is grounded firmly in some of the most groundbreaking theories in academia (aka the resource-based view). The book proposes a dynamic resource model for e-business. In my reading of this book, that model itself makes this book worth the price. It is one of the most articulate analytical tools. Once you think about all of the dot coms we saw come and go in the past ...

Information Technology for Management

4 reviews
Henry C. Lucas

Mcgraw-Hill College, 1996

It's a Management Book, Stupid!
The purpose of this text is to provide graduate business students, primarily MBA students with a broad-based text for the study of Information Technology in Organizations. The book logically, and comprehensively addresses how information technology is pervasively altering today's business organization and its environment. Technoids BEWARE! Readers should not be deceived that this text ...

Introduction to Computers and Information Systems

1 review
Henry C. Lucas

Macmillan Pub Co, 1986

Computer Based Information Systems by Lucas
This is an excellent introductory work on the workings of an information system from both the computer software and hardware perspectives. The authors discuss the CPU, operating systems, programming languages, file characteristics and performance evaluation factors for computer systems and software. There is an extensive section on the systems methodology, analysis, design and post ...

Beware the Winner's Curse: Victories that Can Sink You and Your Company
G. Anandalingam, Henry C. Lucas

Oxford University Press, USA, 2004

In the roaring 1990s, many companies seemed to claim great victories-acquiring another company, obtaining state-of-the art technology, or hiring a potential CEO savior-only to find that they had made a great mistake. The term "Winner's Curse" was coined by economists to explain an effect commonly observed in auctions. In such situations, since the winning bidder is usually the most optimistic about the value of the item being auctioned, there ...