COBIT 5 and Enterprise Governance of Information Technology: Building Blocks and Research Opportunities
Abstract
COBIT, currently in its fifth edition, is a good-practice framework for the enterprise governance of IT. There is limited academic research that either analyzes COBIT or leverages COBIT as an instrument in executing research programs. Through linking core elements and principles of COBIT to insights from IT-related and general management literature, this paper explores the use of COBIT in future research activities. This paper positions COBIT as a framework for enterprise governance of IT. The major directions and core principles of the framework are described. Connections are made of these directions and principles to the relevant literature. Research questions for future research around enterprise governance of IT and COBIT 5 are proposed and discussed.
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- Authors
- De Haes, S., Van Grembergen, W., & Debreceny, R. S.
- Affiliations
- University of Antwerp
- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (US)
- ORCID
- Debreceny, Roger S.
- Venue
- Journal of Information Systems
- Publisher
- American Accounting Association
- Published
- 2013-02-01
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 307-324
- ISSN
- 0888-7985 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-7959
- OpenAlex
- W2121073516
- Cited by
- 303
- References
- 57
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- FWCI
- 51.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Information Systems (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management Information Systems › Information Technology Governance and Strategy
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Information Systems Education and Curriculum Development
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management Information Systems › Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management
- Keywords
- COBIT 5, IT governance, good practice framework, research directions, research questions
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