Understanding e-government implementation from an NPM strategic reform perspective

Communications of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 446-462

  Scott, Murray ^a   Robbins, Geraldine ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Comparative case analysis; e government; IS implementation; Public sector

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

CASE ANALYSIS; E-GOVERNMENT BENEFITS; E-GOVERNMENT IMPLEMENTATION; GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES; IS IMPLEMENTATION; PRIVATE SECTOR MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC MANAGEMENT REFORMS; PUBLIC SECTOR;

E-GOVERNMENT;

EID: 77958086904     PISSN: 15293181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1cais.02726     Document Type: Article

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