E-government in a developing country: Citizen-centric approach for success

International Journal of Electronic Governance

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-51

  Akther, Mohammad Shakil ^a   Onishi, Takashi ^b   Kidokoro, Tetsuo ^b  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Developing countries; E government; Stakeholder theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 56949105390     PISSN: 17427509     EISSN: 17427517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEG.2007.014342     Document Type: Article

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