Information technology governance practices based on sufficiency economy philosophy in the thai university sector

Information Technology and People

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 195-223

  Subsermsri, Pilastpongs ^a   Jairak, Kallaya ^a   Praneetpolgrang, Prasong ^a  

^a SRIPATUM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

IT business alignment value; IT governance; IT investment; Practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922808413     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/ITP-10-2013-0188     Document Type: Article

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