Priorities, policies and practice of e-government in a developing country context: ICT infrastructure and diffusion in Jamaica

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 329-342

  Brown, David H ^a   Thompson, Sheryl ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

developing economies; electronic government; government intervention; institutional approach; supply push and market pull; transformational government

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; E-GOVERNMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

DEVELOPING ECONOMIES; ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION; INSTITUTIONAL APPROACHES; MARKET PULL; TRANSFORMATIONAL GOVERNMENTS;

PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 79955628592     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2011.3     Document Type: Article

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