Conceptualizing smartness in government: An integrative and multi-dimensional view

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 524-534

  Gil Garcia, J Ramon ^a,b   Zhang, Jing ^c   Puron Cid, Gabriel ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DOCENCIA ECONÓMICAS   (Mexico)

^c CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativeness; Data; Effectiveness; Efficiency; Evidence based decision making; Information technologies; Innovation; Openness; Smart city; Smart government; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962713896     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2016.03.002     Document Type: Article

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