Information Technology Economics 课件.ppt

Chapter 13 Chapter 13 Learning Objectives Identify the major aspects of the economics of information technology. Explain and evaluate the productivity paradox.” Describe approaches for evaluating IT investment and explain why is it difficult to do it. Explain the nature of intangible benefits and the approaches to deal with it. List and briefly describe the traditional and modern methods of justifying IT investment. Learning Objectives (Cont.) Identify the advantages and disadvantages of approaches to charging end users for IT services (chargeback). Identify the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing. Describe the economic impact of EC. Describe economic issues related to Web-based technologies including e-commerce. Describe causes of systems development failures, the theory of increasing returns, and market transformation through new technologies. Section 13.1 Economic and Financial Trends This section addresses the various economic issues related to information technology, and the unique aspects of IT that make its economics different, in many respects, from the economies of other aspects of business. It also explains the concept of the productivity paradox. ?Computing Power vs. Benefits Evaluate the productivity the benefits the costs other economic aspects of information technology ?Moore’s Law ?Productivity - One measure Possible explanations (解釋) of the paradox problems with data or analyses hide productivity gains from IT (資料或分析的問題隱藏了IT所增加的生產力) gains from IT are offset by losses in other areas (IT增加的生產力被其他方面所抵銷) IT productivity gains are offset by IT costs or losses. (IT增加的生產力被IT的成本或損失所抵銷) ?Benefits and Costs - Other measures Evaluating IT Investments Value of Information in Decision Making Traditional Cost-Benefit Analysis (tangibles) Scoring Matrix or Scorecard (intangibles) Section 13.2 - Evaluating IT Investment: Benefits, Costs, and Issues This section evaluates the benefits and costs of IT. Most organizations face the problem of allo