The impact of mergers & acquisitions on IT governance structures: A case study

Journal of Global Information Management

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 50-74

  Chin, Pauline O ^a   Brown, George A ^b   Hu, Qing ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Corporate governance; IT governance; Mergers acquisitions; Tele communications industry

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; GLOBALIZATIONS; GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GOVERNANCE;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 4444364748     PISSN: 10627375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgim.2004100103     Document Type: Article

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