eReadiness and eGovernment with respect to citizens' participation and involvement: Towards a citizens' inclusive eReadiness assessment model

Proceedings of the European Conference on e-Government, ECEG

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 454-463

  Moatshe, Racious Moilamashi ^a   Mahmood, Zaigham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

eCommerce; eGovernment; eReadiness; ICTs and internet

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL COMPONENT; E-GOVERNMENT; E-READINESS; E-READINESS ASSESSMENT; ELECTRONIC TRANSFORMATIONS; INFORMATION PROVISION; INFORMATION SOCIETY; INITIAL STAGES; INTERNET TECHNOLOGY; PHYSICAL WORLD; PROJECTS SUCCESS; PUBLIC SECTOR; PUBLIC SERVICES;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING; INTERNET; RURAL AREAS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84870925505     PISSN: 20491034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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