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Why open government data initiatives fail to achieve their objectives: categorizing and prioritizing barriers through a global survey
Anneke Zuiderwijk, Mark de ReuverExisting overviews of barriers for openly sharing and using government data are often conceptual or based on a limited number of cases. Furthermore, it is unclear what categories…
The use of public sector data analytics in the Netherlands
Anne Fleur van Veenstra, Francisca Grommé, Somayeh DjafariPublic sector data analytics concerns the process of retrieving data, data analysis, publication of the results as well as re-using the data by government organizations to improve…
Closeness and distance: configurational practices for digital ambidexterity in the public sector
Johan Magnusson, Jwan Khisro, Max Björses, Aleksander IvarssonThe purpose of this study is to increase the current understanding of how public sector organizations dynamically balance exploration and exploitation of digital initiatives, i.e…
Electronic participation via Facebook: the potential from Brazilian municipalities
Josevana de Lucena Rodrigues, Sérgio Castro Gomes, Fabrício Quadros BorgesThis paper aims to measure the potential for electronic participation of Brazilian citizens via Facebook as social media, identifying latent factors that provide a favorable…
Understanding citizen intention to use m-government services: an empirical study in the UAE
Riyad Eid, Hassan Selim, Yasser El-KassrawyThe growing popularity of mobile technology has led governments across the world to develop mobile business models and encouraged the transition from the electronic government…
Multi-dimensional public–private partnership readiness index: a sub-national analysis of India
Sakshi Malik, Simrit KaurDespite being a global public–private partnerships (PPPs) leader, India faces a vast PPP divide at a sub-national level, wherein a few states receive the majority of PPP projects…
Which technology to which challenge in democratic governance? An approach using design science research
Maria Anastasiadou, Vitor Santos, Filipe MontargilInformation systems (IS) play an important role in contemporary society, but critical questions remain on their potential use and impact on democracy. This study aims to…
Design and behavior science in government-to-citizens cognitive-communication: a study towards an inclusive framework
Sohail Raza Chohan, Guangwei Hu, Asad Ullah Khan, Ahmad Tisman Pasha, Muhammad Atif SheikhThe purpose of this paper is to describe the application of design and behavior science collectively in refining the government to citizens’ (G2C) cognitive-communication by using…
Increasing e-government adoption by emphasizing environmental sustainability: an extended case study in Peru
Sebastián Ramón Pérez Chacón, Jose Luis Rodriguez Vilchez, Jorge Antonio Cabrera Berrios, Carlos Arturo Raymundo Ibañez, David Santos MauricioLow citizen adoption rates jeopardize the success and proliferation of e-government systems. This study aims to understand how the perception of environmental sustainability (ES…
Social media and disaster management: influencing e-participation content on disabilities
Sreejith Alathur, Manaf Kottakkunnummal, Naganna ChettyThis study aims to analyse the nature and forms of digital content that may influence e-participation for persons with disabilities (PWDs) during a flood disaster.
Bridging the global digital divide through digital inclusion: the role of ICT access and ICT use
Ibrahim Osman Adam, Muftawu Dzang AlhassanIn an increasingly digitalised society, digital participation is reliant on information communication technology (ICT) access and the ability to use technologies for everyday…
A recipe to control the first wave of COVID-19: more or less democracy?
Juan DempereThis research aims to study some national government success factors at controlling the first wave of COVID-19. The author placed special attention on democracy-related factors.
Public sector, open innovation, and collaborative governance in lockdown times. A research of Spanish cases during the COVID-19 crisis
J. Ignacio Criado, Ariana Guevara-GómezThis paper aims to study the results of open innovation initiatives in Spain under the lockdown during the first stages of the COVID-19 crisis. Based on the most recent literature…
COVID-19: US shelter-in-place orders and demographic characteristics linked to cases, mortality, and recovery rates
Jillian Alderman, Maretno HarjotoThis study aims to examine the relationship between the duration (in days) of states’ shelter-in-place orders; state demographic characteristics; and the rates of spread (cases)…
Evaluation of the COVID-19 regulations in the Visegrad group
Anna Urbanovics, Péter Sasvári, Bálint TelekiThe purpose of this paper is to analyse the legal and political background of COVID-19 related measures introduced during the first wave of the pandemic in the Visegrad Group…
Gauging Cameroon’s resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic: implications for enduring a novel health crisis
Henry Ngenyam Bang, Marcellus Forh Mbah, Humphrey Ngala Ndi, Judwin Alieh NdzoThis paper aims to examine Cameroon’s health service resilience in the first five months (March–July 2020) of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The motive is to diagnose…
Managing the COVID-19 pandemic: does social infrastructure matter? Evidence from India
Amarendu Nandy, Chhavi Tiwari, Sayantan KunduThe COVID-19 pandemic educed extraordinary policy responses globally, including in India, to flatten the infection-growth curve. The trajectories of infections, recovery, and…
An interaction effect of perceived government response on COVID-19 and government agency’s use of ICT in building trust among citizens of Pakistan
Mahnaz MansoorAmong the digital age players, one of the fastest-growing digital channels is social media. In the past few years, developing nations’ government entities and political parties…
Role of COVIDsafe app and control measures in Australia in combating COVID-19 pandemic
Hafiz Syed Mohsin Abbas, Xiaodong Xu, Chunxia SunCOVID-19 (C19) has been destroying the world's health and emergency response system for almost the past year. Policymakers and health practitioners are trying their best to save…
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