Total Cost of Ownership

This literature review identifies over 130 documents that are relevant to the issue of TCO. The review presents the findings from the literature by analysing the various uses of TCO, how to implement and identify actual costs. It discusses what kinds of models there are for use in education and considers what should be included in the monetary costs within a single school. It also captures the implications from the literature with regards to which kinds of TCO analysis to use in schools and LEAs.

The link address is:
http://www.becta.org.uk/page_documents/research/tco.pdf