Motives, Strategic Approach, Objectives & Focal Areas in e-Gov-Induced Change

International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR)

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-78

  Scholl, Hans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

business process change; g2b; g2c; g2g; horizontal integration; internal effectiveness and efficiency (IEE); interoperability; project success and failure; reengineering; stakeholder management; vertical integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001754696     PISSN: 15483886     EISSN: 15483894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jegr.2005010104     Document Type: Article

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