E-government adoption in small Italian municipalities

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 338-348

  Previtali, Pietro ^a   Bof, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Government; Italy; Local government; Organizational change; Organizational innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350048142     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513550910961619     Document Type: Article

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