Information Systems & Analytics: Faculty Publications

Surviving IT Budget Cuts with TERPS

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-1-2009

Publication Title

Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance

DOI

10.1002/jcaf.20510

ISSN

1097-0053

Abstract

The global economic downturn has forced many companies to reevaluate how they do business, in an aggressive effort to cut costs. Budget cuts are reaching 5 to 10 percent or more—and no part of a company is left untouched. But how can companies slash information technology costs and still maintain the same level of production? Here's one interesting strategy: use trained enterprise resource planning students, or TERPS.

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