Disintegrating information technology in corporate divestitures: Implications for regulatory compliance risks and costs

ICIS 2009 Proceedings - Thirtieth International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Tanriverdi, Hüseyin ^a   Du, Kui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditor fee; Corporate divestitures; IT capability; IT control effectiveness; IT disintegration; Sarbanes oxley compliance

Indexed keywords

AUDITOR FEE; CONTROL EFFECTIVENESS; CORPORATE DIVESTITURES; IT CAPABILITIES; SARBANES-OXLEY COMPLIANCE;

COSTS; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

RISKS;

EID: 84870972208     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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