The role of technology, organization and contextual factors in the development of e-Government services: An empirical analysis on Italian Local Public Administrations

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

Volumn 27, Issue , 2013, Pages 177-189

  Arduini, Davide ^a   Denni, Mario ^b   Lucchese, Matteo ^a,c   Nurra, Alessandra ^c   Zanfei, Antonello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b Antitrust Authority   (Italy)

^c National Bureau of Statistics   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composite indexes; E Government; Innovation in services; Technology enactment

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; OUTSOURCING; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ITALY;

EID: 84887023503     PISSN: 0954349X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2013.06.007     Document Type: Article

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