Using IT to engender trust in government-to-business relationships: The Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) as an example

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 261-274

  den Butter, Frank A G ^a   Liu, Jianwei ^a   Tan, Yao Hua ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; G2B relationship; Government regulation; Implementation costs; IT; Reputation; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860358748     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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