E-government evolution in EU local governments: A comparative perspective

Online Information Review

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1137-1168

  Pina, Vicente ^a   Torres, Lourdes ^a   Royo, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Econometrics; European Union; Local government; Public administration style

Indexed keywords

CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTEXTUAL FACTORS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; E-GOVERNMENT; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EU COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT WEBSITES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SCALING; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 73149084830     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520911011052     Document Type: Article

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