Information Technology and Administrative Reform: Will E-Government Be Different?

International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR)

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-20

  Kraemer, Kenneth ^a   King, John Leslie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

administrative reform; business transformation; e government; information technology; reinforcement of existing arrangements; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001799469     PISSN: 15483886     EISSN: 15483894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jegr.2006010101     Document Type: Article

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