Wim Van Grembergen

Wim Van Grembergen is emeritus professor at the Economics and Management Faculty of the University of Antwerp, immediate past-chair of the MIS department, and executive professor at the Antwerp Management School. For many years he has been teaching information systems at bachelor, master and executive level, and researched in business transformations through information technology, audit of information systems, IT performance management, business-IT alignment and IT governance. Professor Van Grembergen is since many years engaged in the continuous development of the COBIT framework. He was also a member of the ISO Enterprise Governance of IT workgroup and in this capacity involved in the development of the ISO 38500 standard. Dr. Van Grembergen is a frequent speaker at academic and professional meetings and conferences and has served in a consulting capacity to a number of firms. In 2003 he established the ITAG Research Institute that aims to contribute to the understanding of IT Alignment and Governance through research and dissemination of the knowledge via publications, conferences and seminars. In 2009, he started as chief-editor a new journal International Journal on IT/Business Alignment and Governance (IJITBAG). Within this research institute he is currently involved in a by ISACA commissioned research project on the business case of COBIT 5. He co-authored “Enterprise Governance of IT. Achieving strategic alignment and value” (Springer, 2009 and 2015).

Publications

International Journal of Digital Strategy, Governance, and Business Transformation (IJDSGBT)
International Journal of Digital Strategy, Governance, and Business Transformation (IJDSGBT)
Brij Gupta. Est. 2020.
The International Journal of Digital Strategy, Governance, and Business Transformation (IJDSGBT) focuses on digital strategy and governance issues within organizations in support...
Understanding the Dimensions of IT Governance Culture
Understanding the Dimensions of IT Governance Culture
Bruce Rowlands, Steven De Haes, Wim Van Grembergen. © 2018. 11 pages.
The concept of IT governance culture is relatively new. In this paper, the authors develop an IT Governance culture model based on Detert et al's (2000) framework involving...
Shared Understanding in IT Governance and IT Management Implementation: An Analysis of Different Stakeholder Viewpoints
Shared Understanding in IT Governance and IT Management Implementation: An Analysis of Different Stakeholder Viewpoints
Tim Huygh, Anant Joshi, Steven De Haes, Wim Van Grembergen. © 2018. 15 pages.
This article examines the association between stakeholder functional role and the perceived level of IT governance and IT management implementation. Specifically, this article...
Strategic IT Governance and Alignment in Business Settings
Strategic IT Governance and Alignment in Business Settings
Steven De Haes, Wim Van Grembergen. © 2017. 298 pages.
Technology is constantly changing the way enterprises conduct business by optimizing current practices. As information technology continues to evolve and become a prevalent...
A Business Case Process for IT-Enabled Investments: Its Perceived Effectiveness from a Practitioner Perspective
A Business Case Process for IT-Enabled Investments: Its Perceived Effectiveness from a Practitioner Perspective
Kim Maes, Steven De Haes, Wim Van Grembergen. © 2017. 23 pages.
Many organisations perform an adequate job in order to build a sound justification for their decision-making on IT enabled investments. It is recognised that developing a...
Continuous Business Case Usage in the Context of a Strategic IT Enabled Investment at Rabobank
Continuous Business Case Usage in the Context of a Strategic IT Enabled Investment at Rabobank
Kim Maes, Steven De Haes, Wim Van Grembergen, Tim Huygh, Jos Maaswinkel. © 2017. 17 pages.
It has been argued that optimal value creation from IT enabled investments requires a business case that is used throughout the entire investment lifecycle, as opposed to an...
Adoption and Impact of IT Governance and Management Practices: A COBIT 5 Perspective
Adoption and Impact of IT Governance and Management Practices: A COBIT 5 Perspective
Steven De Haes, Tim Huygh, Anant Joshi, Wim Van Grembergen. © 2016. 23 pages.
This paper empirically investigates how adoption of IT governance and management processes, as identified in the IT governance framework COBIT 5, relates to the level of...
Foreword
Foreword
Wim Van Grembergen. © 2015. 2 pages.
This Foreword is included in the book Modern Techniques for Successful IT Project Management.
A Literature Review on IT Value Management: Assisting Organisations to Realise Benefits from IT-Enabled Investments
A Literature Review on IT Value Management: Assisting Organisations to Realise Benefits from IT-Enabled Investments
Kim Maes, Steven De Haes, Wim Van Grembergen. © 2015. 30 pages.
Few scholars have focused on the question of how IT business value can be created. Several studies concluded that the necessary conditions to overcome the IT productivity paradox...
Exploring the Business Case Process for IT enabled Investments
Exploring the Business Case Process for IT enabled Investments
Kim Maes, Steven De Haes, Wim Van Grembergen. © 2015. 17 pages.
Although some organisations still develop weak business cases, the vast majority does an adequate job in order to build a sound justification for their investment...
Understanding the Dimensions of IT Governance Culture
Understanding the Dimensions of IT Governance Culture
Bruce Rowlands, Steven De Haes, Wim Van Grembergen. © 2015. 11 pages.
The concept of IT governance culture is relatively new. In this paper, the authors develop an IT Governance culture model based on Detert et al's (2000) framework involving...
Understanding the Association between IT Governance Maturity and IT Governance Disclosure
Understanding the Association between IT Governance Maturity and IT Governance Disclosure
Stefan Bünten, Anant Joshi, Steven De Haes, Wim Van Grembergen. © 2014. 18 pages.
IT governance (ITG) provides a toolbox for companies to realize maximum value from IT. Firms implement ITG via frameworks, such as COBIT or VALIT, which list processes to align...
Investigating a Process Approach on Business Cases: An Exploratory Case Study at Barco
Investigating a Process Approach on Business Cases: An Exploratory Case Study at Barco
Kim Maes, Steven De Haes, Wim Van Grembergen. © 2013. 17 pages.
Strategic information technology (IT) enabled investments are among other types of IT investments, characterised by the highest level of uncertainty and the highest potential for...
Business Strategy and Applications in Enterprise IT Governance
Business Strategy and Applications in Enterprise IT Governance
Wim Van Grembergen, Steven De Haes. © 2012. 350 pages.
Within the IT-related business domain, it is important to advance theory building and practices regarding management and governance issues. Business Strategy and Applications in...
A Research Journey into Enterprise Governance of IT, Business/IT Alignment and Value Creation
A Research Journey into Enterprise Governance of IT, Business/IT Alignment and Value Creation
Wim Van Grembergen, Steven De Haes. © 2012. 13 pages.
Enterprise governance of IT is a relatively new concept in literature, and is gaining more interest in the academic and practitioner’s world. Enterprise governance of IT...
Analysing the Impact of Enterprise Governance of IT Practices on Business Performance
Analysing the Impact of Enterprise Governance of IT Practices on Business Performance
Steven De Haes, Wim Van Grembergen. © 2012. 23 pages.
Enterprise governance of IT (EGIT) is about the definition and implementation of processes, structures and relational mechanisms that enable both business and IT people to...
Explorative Study on the Influence of National Cultures on Business/IT Alignment Maturity
Explorative Study on the Influence of National Cultures on Business/IT Alignment Maturity
A. J. Gilbert Silvius, Steven De Haes, Wim Van Grembergen. © 2012. 21 pages.
A key success factor for a successful company in a dynamic environment is effective and efficient information technology (IT) supporting business strategies and processes....
Prioritising and Linking Business Goals and IT Goals in the Financial Sector
Prioritising and Linking Business Goals and IT Goals in the Financial Sector
Steven De Haes, Wim Van Grembergen. © 2012. 22 pages.
In today’s complex and constantly changing business world, business/IT alignment is high on the agenda of executive management. To achieve such alignment, it is important that an...
Inter-Organizational Governance of Information Technology: Learning from a Global Multi-Business-Unit Environment
Inter-Organizational Governance of Information Technology: Learning from a Global Multi-Business-Unit Environment
Steven De Haes, Wim Van Grembergen, Dirk Gemke, John Thorp. © 2012. 20 pages.
There is little research available that specifically looks at how organizations define and implement their inter-organizational governance of information technology. The...
IT Value Management as a Vehicle to Unleash the Business Value from IT Enabled Investments: A Literature Study
IT Value Management as a Vehicle to Unleash the Business Value from IT Enabled Investments: A Literature Study
Kim Maes, Steven De Haes, Wim Van Grembergen. © 2012. 16 pages.
Already in the nineties studies which discussed the IT productivity paradox, where no clear correlation could be found between IT spend and the bottom-line impact, other research...
An Academic Exploration into the Core Principles and Building Blocks of COBIT 5
An Academic Exploration into the Core Principles and Building Blocks of COBIT 5
Steven De Haes, Wim Van Grembergen. © 2012. 13 pages.
Recently a new version of COBIT, the good-practice framework for enterprise governance of IT, was released. Although is it not always clearly articulated in its documentation...
International Journal of IT/Business Alignment and Governance (IJITBAG)
International Journal of IT/Business Alignment and Governance (IJITBAG)
Wim Van Grembergen, Steven De Haes, Lazar Rusu. Est. 2010.
The International Journal of IT/Business Alignment and Governance (IJITBAG) focuses on management and governance issues within the IT-related business domain. In this domain, the...
A Research Journey into Enterprise Governance of IT, Business/IT Alignment and Value Creation
A Research Journey into Enterprise Governance of IT, Business/IT Alignment and Value Creation
Wim Van Grembergen, Steven De Haes. © 2010. 13 pages.
Enterprise governance of IT is a relatively new concept in literature, and is gaining more interest in the academic and practitioner’s world. Enterprise governance of IT...
Analysing the Impact of Enterprise Governance of IT Practices on Business Performance
Analysing the Impact of Enterprise Governance of IT Practices on Business Performance
Steven De Haes, Wim Van Grembergen. © 2010. 25 pages.
Enterprise governance of IT (EGIT) is about the definition and implementation of processes, structures and relational mechanisms that enable both business and IT people to...
Explorative Study on the Influence of National Cultures on Business/IT Alignment Maturity
Explorative Study on the Influence of National Cultures on Business/IT Alignment Maturity
A.J.Gilbert Silvius, Steven De Haes, Wim Van Grembergen. © 2010. 20 pages.
A key success factor for a successful company in a dynamic environment is effective and efficient information technology (IT) supporting business strategies and processes....
Prioritising and Linking Business Goals and IT Goals in the Financial Sector
Prioritising and Linking Business Goals and IT Goals in the Financial Sector
Steven De Haes, Wim Van Grembergen. © 2010. 21 pages.
In today’s complex and constantly changing business world, business/IT alignment is high on the agenda of executive management. To achieve such alignment, it is important that an...
Foreword
Foreword
Wim Van Grembergen. © 2009. 2 pages.
This Foreword is included in the book Information Technology Governance and Service Management: Frameworks and Adaptations.
Implementing Information Technology Governance: Models, Practices and Cases
Implementing Information Technology Governance: Models, Practices and Cases
Wim Van Grembergen, Steven De Haes. © 2008. 270 pages.
In many organizations, information technology (IT) has become crucial in the support, sustainability, and growth of the business. This pervasive use of technology has created a...
Strategies and Models for IT Governance
Strategies and Models for IT Governance
Wim van Grembergen, Steven De Haes. © 2008. 75 pages.
This introductory chapter records and interprets some important existing theories, models, and practices in the IT governance and strategic alignment domain. IT governance will...
Leveraging COBIT 4.0 as IT Governance Framework
Leveraging COBIT 4.0 as IT Governance Framework
Wim van Grembergen, Steven De Haes. © 2008. 25 pages.
For each of the 34 processes the COBIT framework defines control objectives, management guidelines, and a maturity model. Within the COBIT 4.0 publication each process is...
Leveraging the IT Balanced Scorecard as Alignment Instrument
Leveraging the IT Balanced Scorecard as Alignment Instrument
Wim van Grembergen, Steven De Haes. © 2008. 24 pages.
In Chapter I, the IT balanced scorecard was introduced as a possible measurement and management tool to support the achievement of strategic alignment. In this chapter, the...
IT Governance in Practice: Six Case Studies
IT Governance in Practice: Six Case Studies
Wim van Grembergen, Steven De Haes. © 2008. 113 pages.
In order to obtain an understanding on how large organizations implement IT governance in a pragmatic way, six pilot cases were selected from different sectors. Case research is...
IT Governance Implementation Guide
IT Governance Implementation Guide
Wim van Grembergen, Steven De Haes. © 2008. 11 pages.
There is no real “silver bullet” (the ideal way) for implementing and maintaining good IT governance within an organization. Organizations differ in culture and size, they...
Strategies for Information Technology Governance
Strategies for Information Technology Governance
Wim Van Grembergen. © 2004. 402 pages.
In many organizations, Information Technology (IT) has become crucial in the support, the sustainability and the growth of the business. This pervasive use of technology has...
Structures, Processes and Relational Mechanisms for IT Governance
Structures, Processes and Relational Mechanisms for IT Governance
Wim Van Grembergen, Steven De Haes, Erik Guldentops. © 2004. 36 pages.
In many organisations, Information Technology (IT) has become crucial in the support, the sustainability and the growth of the business. This pervasive use of technology has...
Measuring and Managing E-Business Initiatives through the Balanced Scorecard
Measuring and Managing E-Business Initiatives through the Balanced Scorecard
Wim Van Grembergen, Isabelle Amelinckx. © 2004. 17 pages.
The Balanced Scorecard (BSC) initially developed by Kaplan and Norton is a performance measurement system that supplements traditional financial measures with the criteria that...
Information Systems Evaluation Management
Information Systems Evaluation Management
Wim Van Grembergen. © 2002. 336 pages.
The evaluation of IT and its business value are recently the subject of many academic and business discussions, as business managers, management consultants and researchers...
Information Technology Evaluation Methods and Management
Information Technology Evaluation Methods and Management
Wim Van Grembergen. © 2001. 292 pages.
The evaluation of information technology and its business value are the subjects of many academic and business discussions. Investments in IT are growing extensively and business...
Information Technology Governance through the Balanced Scorecard
Information Technology Governance through the Balanced Scorecard
Wim Van Grembergen, Ronald Saull. © 2001. 13 pages.
The balanced scorecard (BSC) initially developed by Kaplan and Norton, is a performance management system that enables businesses to drive strategies based on measurement and...