This article is the last in a series of four articles concerned with the valuing of management information. The first three articles examined the major approaches to valuation. This final article summarizes and links together these methods into a practical approach to the valuing of management information.
The article examines the types of management information and their place in organizations. Also examined is the point in time at which information can be valued. The methods of valuation discussed in the first three articles of the series are then linked into a practical methodology in the context of the types of information and their place in the organization.
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