Electronic Public Service (EPS) and its implementation in Chinese local governments

International Journal of Electronic Governance

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 118-138

  Hu, Guangwei ^a   Zhong, Weijun ^b   Mei, Shue ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Southeast University   (China)

Author keywords

E Gov; E Government; E Services; Electronic Public Service; EPS; Public service

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049090463     PISSN: 17427509     EISSN: 17427517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEG.2008.017900     Document Type: Article

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