Exploring e-government in the state of Qatar: Benefits, challenges and complexities

Proceedings of the European and Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems, EMCIS 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 571-5719

  Al Shafi, Shafi ^a   Weerakkody, Vishanth ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benefits; Challenges; Complexities; E government; Qatar

Indexed keywords

BENEFITS; CHALLENGES; COMPLEXITIES; E-GOVERNMENT; QATAR;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 84857466344     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (63)

1. th April 2007].
2. rd European Conference On E-Government. Trinity College, Dublen: pp.9-17.
3. Alina M. Chircu and Daniel Hae-Dong Lee (2005). E-government: key success factors for value discovery and realisation. E-Government, an International Journal. 2(1), PP. 11-25.
4. Al-Kibsi, G., de Boer, K., Mourshed, M. and Rea, N. (2001). "Putting Citizens Online not in Line", The McKinsley Quarterly, 2: pp. 65-73.
5. Al-Sebie, M. and Zahir Irani (2005). Technical and organisational challenges facing transactional e-government systems: an empirical study. E-Government, 2(3). Pp. 247-276.
6. Alsharq newspaper (2006), ICT Supreme is improving the E-Government project after merging. Alsharq newspaper, June 24 2006, Doha, Qatar.
7. th December 2006].
8. Bannister, F. (2005) 'E-government and administrative power: the one-stop-shop meets the turf war', E-Government: An International Journal, 2(2), pp.160-176.
9. Basu, Subhajit (2004) E-Government and Developing Countries: An Overview. International Review of Law Computers. 18(1):pp.109-132.
10. Bhattacherjee, A. (2002). Individual Trust In Online Firms: Scale Development and Initial trust, Journal of Management Information Systems, 19, 1, 211-241.
11. th Pan European International Relations Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research, the University of Kent, Canterbury, U.K.
12. Burn, F. and Robins, G. (2003) Moving Towards e-Government: A Case Study Of Organisational Change Processes. Logistics Information Management.16(1):pp. 25-35.
13. nd European Conference on E-Government, St. Catherine's College Oxford 2002, UK: pp.91-102.
14. Chen, C., Tseng, S., and Huang, H. (2006) A comprehensive study of the digital divide phenomenon in Taiwanese government agencies. International Journal Of Internet And Enterprise Management. 4(3), Pp.244-256.
15. th December 2006].
16. Chircu, A.M. and Lee, D.H-D. (2005) E-government: Key Success Factors For Value Discovery And Realisation. E-Government, 2(1):pp.11-25.
17. th December 2006].
18. Cornford, T. and Smithson, S. (1997) Project Research in Information Systems: A Student's Guide, London: Macmillan Press.
19. Damodaran, L., Nicholls, J., Henney, A., Land, F. and Farbey, B. (2005) The Contribution of Sociotechnical Systems Thinking to the Effective Adoption of e-Government and the Enhancement of Democracy. Electronic Journal of e-Government 3(1). Pp. (1-12)
20. th December 2006].
21. Davison, R.M., Wagner, C. and Ma, L.C. (2005): From government to e-government: a transition model, Information Technology & People, 18:3, 280-299.
22. Deloitte Consulting and Deloitte & Touche, At the dawn of e-government: The citizen as customer, Deloitte Research Report, 2000,
23. in (Silcock, R. (2001). What is e-Government? Parliamentary Affairs. 54:pp.88-101).
24. Evans, G. (2003) Implementing E-Government: An Executive Report For Civil Servants and their Advisors. Gower Publishing Limited, Hampshire, England.
25. Eyob, E. (2004) E-Government: Breaking The Frontiers Of Inefficiencies In the Public Sector. E-Government. 1(1):pp. 107-114.
26. Fang, Z. (2002), E-Government in Digital Era: Concept, Practice and Development, International Journal of the Computer, The Internet and Information, Vol 20, pp193-213.
27. Goldkuhl, G, Persson, A (2006), from e-ladder to e-diamond - re-conceptualising models for public e-services, at the 14th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS2006 2006), Göteborg, Sweden. On June 12-14 2006.
28. Gupta, M.P. and Jana, D. (2003) E-government Evaluation: A Framework and case study. Government Information Quarterly, 20:pp.365-387.
29. Hazlett, Thomas W. "The Rationality of U.S. Regulation of the Broadcast Spectrum." Journal of Law and Economics 33 (April 1990): 133-75.
30. th December 2006].
31. Ho, A. (2002) Reinventing local governments and the 'e-government' initiative, Public Administration review. July/August 2002, 62(4):pp.434-444.
32. Holden S.H., Norris, D.F. and Fletcher, P. D. (2003) E-Government at the local level: Progress to Date and future Issues. Public Performance And Management Review, 26(4):pp.325-344.
33. InfoDev (2002) The e-Government Handbook for Developing Countries, Center of Democracy and Technology. [online] Available from , [10th April 2007].
34. Ifinedo, P. and Davidrajuh, R. (2005). Digital divide in Europe: assessing and comparing the e-readiness of a developed and an emerging economy in the Nordic region. E-Government: An International Journal, 2(2). Pp:111-133.
35. Jain, P. (2002) the Catch-up state: E-government in Japan, Japanese Studies. 22(3).pp.237-255.
36. John, J. and Jin-Wan, S (2005). E-government in South Korea: planning and implementation. E-Government, an International Journal. 2(2), pp.188 - 204.
37. Karvonen, D. and Parkkinen, J. (1999). Signs of trust: A semiotic study of trust formation in the web. [online] Available from [10th April 2007].
38. th International Information Technology Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka, October 06.
39. Layne K, Lee J (2001), Developing Fully Functional E-government: A four-stage model, Government information quarterly 18(2): 122-136.
40. Margetts, H. and Dunleavy, P. (2002), Cultural Barriers to E-Government, Working Paper, University Collage London and London School of Economics for National Audit Office.
41. Navarra, D. D. and Cornford, T. (2003). A Policy making view of E-Government Innovations In Public governance, Proceedings Of The Ninth Americas Conference On Information Systems, Tampa, Florida.
42. th December 2006].
43. th December 2006].
44. Qatar e-Government (2003), E-Government Press, Doha: Graphic Arts Centre.
45. th December 2006].
46. th May 2007].
47. Reffat, R. (2003) Developing A Successful E-Government, Working Paper, School Of Architecture, Design Science And Planning, University Of Sydney, Australia.
48. st December 2006].
49. st December 2006].
50. Seifert, J. and Petersen, E. (2002) The Promise Of All Things E? Expectations and Challenges of Emergent E-Government. Perspectives on Global Development and Technology. 1(2): pp. 193-213.
51. Srinivasan, S. (2004). Role of trust in e-business success, information management & computer security, 12(1).pp.66-72.
52. UN (2005) World public sector report: Global E-government Readiness, from E-Government to E-Inclusion, United Nations, New York.
53. st December 2006].
54. Wassenaar, A. (2000) E-Governmental Value Chain Models. DEXA, IEEE Press, pp.289-293.
55. Weerakkody, V. and Choudrie, J. (2005). Exploring E-Government in the UK: Challenges, Issues and Complexities. Journal Of Information Science and Technology. 2|(2): pp.26-44.
56. Weerakkody, V., Janssen, M and Hjort-Madsen, K. (2007), Realising Integrated E-Government Services: A European Perspective, Journal of Cases in E- Commerce, Idea Group, 3(2), pp14-38
57. West, D. (2004) E-Government and the Transformation Of Service Delivery And Citizen Attitudes. Public Administration Review. 64(1): pp. 15-27.
58. th International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications. Springer, New York, pp.340-345.
59. World Markets Research Centre (2001). World Markets Research Centre Global E-Government Survey 2001. [online] Available from [10th December 2006].
60. Yin, R K (1994), Case Study Research - Design And Methods, Second Edition, Sage Publications, London;
61. Zakareya, E. and Zahir, Irani (2005). E-government adoption: Architecture and barriers. Business Process Management Journal. 11(5): pp. 589-611
62. Zakaria, N., Affendi, S. and Yusof, M. (2001), The Role Of Human And Organizational Culture In The Context Of Technological Change. Change Management and the New Industrial Revolution. IEMC '01 Proceedings. Pp. 83-87.
63. Zhiyuan, F. (2002) E-Government in Digital Era: Concepts, Practice and Development. International Journal Of The Computer, The Internet and Management. 10(2): pp 1-22