Information technology governance: An evaluation of the theory-practice gap

Corporate Governance

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 662-674

  Ko, Denise ^a   Fink, Dieter ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Governance; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049510853     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720701011085616     Document Type: Article

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