Rethinking IT governance for SMEs

Rethinking It Governance for Smes

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critically rethink the concepts and the theoretical foundations of IT governance in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on multiple case studies. Eight cases of outsourced information system projects where failures occurred were selected. An outsourced information system failure (OISF) is suggested as ...

Pursuing Value from IT-investments through IT-governance for SMEs

IT Governance in SMEs: Trust or Control?

It is believed by many scholars that a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) cannot be seen through the lens of a large firm. Theories which explain IT governance in large organizations and methodologies used by practitioners can therefore not be extrapolated to SMEs, which have a completely different economic, cultural and managerial environment. SMEs suffer from resource poverty, have less ...

IT Governance and Business-IT Alignment in SMEs

has been high on the agenda of organisations. Many projects regarding IT governance have been initiated in various companies and government institutions, to achieve better alignment between IT and the organisation and to obtain the necessary involvement of senior business management in the value creation from IT-enabled investments. Prior research has demonstrated a relationship between IT gove...

IT Governance and Human Resources Management: A Framework for SMEs

Information Technology (IT) plays an important role in organizations, particularly in small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs). These firms have a simple structure with less specialized tasks and tight human, financial and material resources, so it is particularly important to use an appropriate IT governance framework (ITG) to such enterprises. This paper shows the results of applying an ITG f...