Integrated approaches to management support – Business Intelligence (BI) – have become widespread. The respective solutions have evolved to highly integrated, complex solutions that cannot be treated as sequences of isolated projects anymore and require central coordination and regulation. As a consequence, companies have begun to implement BI governance structures. However, these initiatives f...

We provide a survey of the empirical archival literature on the effect of different facets of corporate governance on financial reporting and audit quality in China. Our survey is motivated by the burgeoning literature on the effects of some unique Chinese governance factors on the properties of accounting information. Although surveys of Chinese governance abound, we observe a lack of any comp...

Malaysia has achieved considerable steps in the use of ICT in administration since mid 80s. The vision of the Malaysian e-Government initiative which was formulated and launched in 1997 is to transform the public sector service delivery through the use of IT and multimedia. Since its start, there are eight projects implemented under the e-Government initiative flagship. This paper presents work...

Capital markets perform two distinct functions: provision of capital and facilitation of good governance through information production and monitoring. I argue that the governance function has more impact on the efficiency with which resources are utilized within the firm. Based on industry level data across thirty-eight countries, I present evidence suggesting a positive relation between marke...

Capital markets perform two distinct functions: provision of capital and facilitation of good governance through information production and monitoring. I argue that the governance function has more impact on the efficiency with which resources are utilized within the firm. Based on industry level data across thirty-eight countries, I present evidence suggesting a positive relation between marke...

The advancement of various computer technologies has led to the migration of traditional governance to e-governance that enables the citizens to access the government services through Internet. Although, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) act as backbone for e-governance in helping the government meet its citizens’ needs through efficient service delivery, e-governance lacks the c...

In India, where a major population lives in rural area it becomes essential that e-governance is available there. ICT plays a key role in e-governance, and so it becomes essential that ICT reaches rural masses. This will lead to good governance which in turn will lead to better administration, better interaction, less corruption and more transparency in the government. This paper deals with the...

Online working of a government or providing its services online to its citizens at their door step is known as E-Governance. E-Governance is E-Commerce technology means online availability of government services. The technology and the methods used in E-Governance project provide a roadmap for efficient delivery of services at the door step. In today's time the development of any country d...

e-Governance is the use of internet technology as a platform for exchanging information, providing services and transacting with citizens, businesses, and other arms of government. e-Governance as an administration tool provides a sound strategy to strengthen overall governance. It not only improves accountability, transparency and efficiency of government processes, but also facilitates sustai...

Using ICT in the form of e-governance could yield great benefits in the reform and modernization of the public sector. The experience of e-governance in a number of developed and developing countries has shown that ICT can be a tool for greater service delivery with the goal of improving service quality. E-governance can also promote ‘good governance’, that is, greater civic engagement can incr...