What shapes Global diffusion of e-government: Comparing the infuence of national governance institutions

Journal of Global Information Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 85-104

  Azad, Bijan ^a   Faraj, Samer ^b   Goh, Jie Mein ^c   Feghali, Tony ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross country; E Government; Global diffusion; Governance; Institutions

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; E-GOVERNMENT; FREE PRESS; GLOBAL DIFFUSION; INFUENCE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; PRELIMINARY MODEL; PRIVATE SECTORS;

CLIMATE MODELS; DIFFUSION; GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 77954137493     PISSN: 10627375     EISSN: 15337995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgim.2010040104     Document Type: Article

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