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Calculating and improving ROI in software and system programs

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The investment value of innovation follows from a technology's uncertain net present value and derived ROI calculations.

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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 54, Issue 9
September 2011
121 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/1995376
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