IT governance and process maturity: A multinational field study

Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 157-188

  Debreceny, Roger S ^a   Gray, Glen L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IT capability; IT governance; Process maturity; Resource based view

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879764655     PISSN: 08887985     EISSN: 15587959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/isys-50418     Document Type: Article

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