Towards objective benchmarking of electronic government: An inter-country analysis

Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 162-176

  Deng, Hepu ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Communication technologies; Government; Information services; Internet; National cultures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993009236     PISSN: 17506166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506160810902176     Document Type: Article

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