Value generation in e-government from service-based IT integration

Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-247

  Virili, Francesco ^a   Sorrentino, Maddalena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Government; Value analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349668846     PISSN: 17506166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506160910979342     Document Type: Article

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