Policy makers’ perceptions on the transformational effect of Web 2.0 technologies on public services delivery

Electronic Commerce Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 227-254

  Rodríguez Bolívar, Manuel Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Governance models; Public services; Web 2.0 technologies

Indexed keywords

WEB SERVICES;

'CURRENT; GOVERNANCE MODELS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MODELLING FRAMEWORK; POLICY MAKERS; PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERIES; PUBLIC SERVICES; SOCIAL RELATIONS; WEB 2.0; WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84939177652     PISSN: 13895753     EISSN: 15729362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10660-015-9196-1     Document Type: Article

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