Dawn of e-government - An institutional analysis of seven initiatives and their impact

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-23

  Henriksen, Helle Zinner ^a   Damsgaard, Jan ^a  

^a Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adoption; Diffusion; e government; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847737412     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: 14664437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jit.2000090     Document Type: Article

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