Information technology governance in information technology investment decision processes: The impact of investment characteristics, external environment, and internal context

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-96

  Xue, Yajiong ^a   Liang, Huigang ^b   Boulton, William R ^c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centralization; Decision making process; Duopoly; External environment; Investment characteristics; IT function power; IT governance; IT investment; Monarchy

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HOSPITALS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT; INVESTMENT CHARACTERISTICS; IT FUNCTION POWER; IT INVESTMENT;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 40749121710     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148829     Document Type: Article

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