Government policy, public value and IT outsourcing: The strategic case of ASPIRE

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 295-307

  Cordella, Antonio ^a   Willcocks, Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study; Government policy; IT; IT infrastructure; Outsourcing; Public sector management; Public value

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT; CONTRACT STATE; E-GOVERNMENT; IDENTITY CARDS; INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; IT; IT INFRASTRUCTURES; IT OUTSOURCING; IT POLICIES; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; POLICY APPROACH; PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC VALUES; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMERCE; PUBLIC POLICY;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 84870314666     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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