Examining the Emergence of Hybrid IS Governance Solutions: Evidence from a Single Case Site

Information Systems Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-94

  Brown, Carol V ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IS Alignment; IS Centralization Decentralization; Organization Design; Structure of the IS Function

Indexed keywords

HARDWARE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; COMPETITIVE STRATEGY; DECENTRALIZED SYSTEM; INDUSTRY ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIZATION DESIGN; ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT; THEORETICAL ARGUMENTS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 0031489701     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.8.1.69     Document Type: Article

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