Start Date
10-12-2017 12:00 AM
Description
This research in progress paper describes the development of a conceptual framework for investigating IT governance in Smart Cities. This is proposed as an initial contribution to the following research question formulated for this study: How do IT governance mechanisms sustain and extend the organization’s strategy and objectives in smart cities? Smart cities are defined in this study as a collection of IT-dependent strategic initiatives of the city authority with the ultimate goal of achieving public value. This study aims to address the lack of research in smart city governance, and the broader paucity of IS research on IT governance in the public sector. To this end the relationship between IT governance and performance in organizations is reviewed and transposed onto a smart city context. These reflections led to the formulation of an initial Smart City IT Governance Framework which is being currently leveraged for empirically investigating this phenomenon.
Recommended Citation
connolly, niall; Maccani, Giovanni; and Donellan, Brian, "IT Governance in Smart Cities: a Conceptual Framework" (2017). ICIS 2017 Proceedings. 7.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2017/TransformingSociety/Presentations/7
IT Governance in Smart Cities: a Conceptual Framework
This research in progress paper describes the development of a conceptual framework for investigating IT governance in Smart Cities. This is proposed as an initial contribution to the following research question formulated for this study: How do IT governance mechanisms sustain and extend the organization’s strategy and objectives in smart cities? Smart cities are defined in this study as a collection of IT-dependent strategic initiatives of the city authority with the ultimate goal of achieving public value. This study aims to address the lack of research in smart city governance, and the broader paucity of IS research on IT governance in the public sector. To this end the relationship between IT governance and performance in organizations is reviewed and transposed onto a smart city context. These reflections led to the formulation of an initial Smart City IT Governance Framework which is being currently leveraged for empirically investigating this phenomenon.