IT Governance

It Governance In China: Cultral Fit And It Governance Capabilities

Despite the researchers’ and practitioners’ enthusiasm for the global diffusion of information technology governance (ITG) concept and frameworks, there is a general lack of cultural awareness in ITG research. This paper examines both whether Chinese culture influences the performance ITG capabilities in organizations and how this influence is manifested. An analytical framework rooted in conti...

It for E-governance

India which takes pride in being one of the leaders in the field of information technology, especially software, however, ranks very low when it comes to Electronic governance-E-governance as it is called. It ranks 77 in a list of 133 countries that have been indexed for E-governance. It is, therefore, obvious that an attitudinal change, a change of mindset among political rulers, bureaucrats a...

Understanding IT Governance

Discriminating IT Governance

T information technology (IT) governance literature predominantly explains firms’ IT governance choices, but not their strategic consequences. We develop the idea that a firm’s IT governance choices induce adeptness at strategically exploiting IT only when they are discriminatingly aligned with its departments’ knowledge outside their specialty. Discriminating means that governing the two under...

IT-governance practices: COBIT

With the increasing dependence of enterprises on IT, and with the widely spreading use of e-business, IT governance is attracting increasing worldwide attention. A proper IT governance would promote enterprise performance through intelligent and efficient utilization of IT. In addition, standard IT governance practices would provide a suitable open environment for e-business that provides compa...