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Measuring Costs and Benefits for Smaller Companies

Overview While some small or medium-sized businesses shy away from conducting return on investment (ROI) analysis, fearing it's too involved or difficult, the benefits of calculating the ROI of proposed technology investments are great. Calculating ROI is easier and faster than many smaller companies realize, and tools and resources exist to help them on their way. This paper shows how to measure costs and benefits for Smaller Companies.

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Publisher	Cisco	File Format	HTML
Date Published	May 2003	Downloads	7
Format	White Papers
Topics	Business Strategies, ROI - TCO

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