The process of introducing FLOSS in the public administration: The case of Venezuela

Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 756-783

  Maldonado, Edgar ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Free Libre Open Source Software; Innovation; Mandatory adoption; Policy introduction; Public Administration

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SYSTEMS;

ADOPTION PROCESS; FREE/LIBRE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; GOVERNMENT IS; INNOVATION; MANDATORY ADOPTION; MIGRATION PROCESS; POLICY INTRODUCTION; PUBLIC-STRUCTURES; SOCIAL INCLUSION; VENEZUELA;

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 78650345412     PISSN: 15583457     EISSN: 15369323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00240     Document Type: Article

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