The role of intermediaries in facilitating e-government diffusion in Saudi Arabia

Proceedings of the European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems: Global Information Systems Challenges in Management, EMCIS 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Al Sobhi, Faris ^a   Weerakkody, Vishanth ^a   Al Shafi, Shafi ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption; Diffusion; E government; Implementation; Intermediaries; KSA

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; E-GOVERNMENT; IMPLEMENTATION; INTERMEDIARIES; KSA;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIFFUSION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 84857567313     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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