Enterprise governance of information technology: Achieving strategic alignment and value

Enterprise Governance of Information Technology: Achieving Strategic Alignment and Value

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-218

  Van Grembergen, Wim ^a   De Haes, Steven ^a  

^a ANTWERP MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (Belgium)

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EID: 84891454051     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-84882-2     Document Type: Book

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