Valuing Information Technology Infrastructures: A Growth Options Approach

• Main Authors: Dai, Qizhi, KAUFFMAN, Robert J., March, Salvatore T.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2007
• Subjects: Business value; Flexibility; IT investments; IT infrastructure; Middleware technologies; Real options; Databases and Information Systems; Management Information Systems
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/2766; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/3766/viewcontent/Valuing_info_tech_transfers_sv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Decisions to invest in information technology (IT) infrastructure are often made based on an assessment of its immediate value to the organization. However, an important source of value comes from the fact that such technologies have the potential to be leveraged in the development of future applica...