The role of the business unit CIO: A study of the interaction between corporate it governance and local leadership

Association for Information Systems - 13th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2007: Reaching New Heights

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 318-327

  Wood, Colin ^a   Thorogood, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS UNITS; IT GOVERNANCE; SOFT SKILLS; TOP MANAGEMENT TEAMS;

INDUSTRY; MANAGERS; RESEARCH;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84870169594     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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