Multi-method approaches to digital government research: Value lessons and implementation challenges

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Gil Garcia, J R ^a   Pardo, Theresa A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL GOVERNMENT; E-GOVERNMENT;

ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

EID: 84867486701     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2006.356     Document Type: Conference Paper

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