A Case-Study Analysis of Costs and Benefits of Geographic Information Systems: Relationships to Firm Size and Strategy.
Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: Costs and benefits (C/B) of geographic information systems (GIS), methods of spatial C/B, and relationships of GIS costs and benefits to firm size and spatial strategic level are analyzed through a multi-firm case study analysis.Managers responsible for GIS in fourteen U.S.-based firms were interviewed about their company' s spatial applications, costs and benefits, spatial strategic level, and management and planning of spatial technologies and GIS.The findings indicate that large firms tend to realize large benefits from GIS and have formal C/B methods.Medium and small firms do not utilize formal C/B methods, and yet report large benefits from GIS.For large firms, the use of cost-benefit methods is associated with higher spatial strategic levels.Findings are compared to the literature on cost-benefit analysis for GIS and spatial technologies.
Author: James B. Pick
Institution: University of Redlands
Language: English
Subfield: Management Information Systems
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W114281995