E-government in India: Modelling the barriers to its adoption and diffusion

Electronic Government

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-202

  Faisal, Mohd Nishat ^a   Rahman, Zillur ^b  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Barriers, India; e government; Electronic Government; Interpretive Structural Modelling; ISM

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149115744     PISSN: 17407494     EISSN: 17407508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EG.2008.016646     Document Type: Article

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