Public administrators face considerable challenges in their quest of reforming government. E-government initiatives are tiny steps taken in the above-mentioned direction. Various e-government initiatives have been categorically documented in the IS and NPM literature. However, a majority of these projects are either still underway or have failed due to the lack of a proper governance framework....

Business-to-business electronic commerce provides new mechanisms for interorganizational exchange governance. This study contributes to the research of the adoption of interorganizational exchange governance by developing an augmented constrained-efficiency framework that summarizes the salient factors influencing organizational selection and adoption of electronic exchange governance. Drawing ...

This paper conducts a two-period dynamic analysis of sourcing mode choices for e-commerce projects implemented by large firms during 1999-2002. We Journat of Management tnformation Systems /Winter 2004-5, \o\. 21, No. .1. pp. 47-82. ©2OO5M.E. Shaipe. [nc. 0742-1222 / 2005 $9.50 + 0.00. 48 KISHORE, AGRAWAL. AND RAO differentiate e-commerce assets that are the focus of a sourcing decision in term...

Public administrators face considerable challenges in their quest of reforming government. E-government initiatives are tiny steps taken in the above-mentioned direction. Various e-government initiatives have been categorically documented in the IS and NPM literature. However, a majority of these projects are either still underway or have failed due to the lack of a proper governance framework....

India which takes pride in being one of the leaders in the field of information technology, especially software, however, ranks very low when it comes to Electronic governance-E-governance as it is called. It ranks 77 in a list of 133 countries that have been indexed for E-governance. It is, therefore, obvious that an attitudinal change, a change of mindset among political rulers, bureaucrats a...

Over the past two decades, researchers in industrial organization in corporate ®nance have examined relationships between ``corporate governance'' and ``®rm performance''. In an interesting and provocative paper, Charles Hadlock, Joel Houston, and Michael Ryngaert analyze the impact of proxies for corporate governance, managerial incentives, and performance on the likelihood of a bankÕs being a...

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This study aims at identifying the critical governance issues of e-government procurement auction. A survey approach was conducted with Thai government officers who are involved in e-government procurement. Data is collected from at least two respondents from purchasing personnel. At least one of the respondents is in a managerial position. The results show that there are five concerns that hav...

Since the benefits of Internet based business opportunities involving Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have become evident and influenced not only commercial enterprises, but governments around the globe, investments into the provision of e-services have amplified. The United Kingdom is one such country that has passionately initiated a number of e-government programmes at both...

The development of e-Government in China could be traced back from 1980s1. In the metropolis like Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, the e-Government systems has already been upgraded to the last stage, Stage 3: Enabling Constituents, according to the roadmap to effective e-Government2. In other words, the systems and websites in these cities are supposed to deal with most administrative work onli...