On governing collaborative information technology (IT): A relational perspective

Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 237-259

  Prasad, Acklesh ^a   Green, Peter ^b   Heales, Jon ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business value; Collaborative organizational structures; Collaborative rent; IT governance structures; Relational view of the firm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879772065     PISSN: 08887985     EISSN: 15587959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/isys-50326     Document Type: Article

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