eGovernment and the transformation agenda

Public Administration

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 371-396

  Foley, Paul ^a   Alfonso, Ximena ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Alfonso Duncan Consulting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; STATE ROLE;

EID: 66349116402     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2008.01749.x     Document Type: Article

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