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While many companies are facing problems with the information explosion, others are ensuring the appropriate value, quality and compliance of their information environment. Information governance is a set of standards, guidelines and accountability controls designed to ensure value, quality and compliance of information. Thus, the aim of this paper is to analyze how value, quality and compliance of information are defined in its information environment. A qualitative research is made, by a case study in a defense manufacturing company. The information governance foundations are explained, through theories from economics of information. Also, a framework was proposed plus three research propositions. In addition, this case study investigates a unified governance framework, which incorporates corporate governance, information technology governance and information governance. Therefore, two propositions were supported and one was partly supported. The main contribution of this paper is to identify and analyze dimensions and elements of information governance.

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Information Governance Framework: The Defense Manufacturing Case Study

While many companies are facing problems with the information explosion, others are ensuring the appropriate value, quality and compliance of their information environment. Information governance is a set of standards, guidelines and accountability controls designed to ensure value, quality and compliance of information. Thus, the aim of this paper is to analyze how value, quality and compliance of information are defined in its information environment. A qualitative research is made, by a case study in a defense manufacturing company. The information governance foundations are explained, through theories from economics of information. Also, a framework was proposed plus three research propositions. In addition, this case study investigates a unified governance framework, which incorporates corporate governance, information technology governance and information governance. Therefore, two propositions were supported and one was partly supported. The main contribution of this paper is to identify and analyze dimensions and elements of information governance.