Benchmarking e-Government: Improving the national and international measurement, evaluation and comparison of e-Government

Evaluating Information Systems: Public and Private Sector

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 257-301

  Heeks, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84906176760     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780080570105     Document Type: Chapter

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