Global E-Government: Theory, Applications and Benchmarking

Latif Al-Hakim (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)

Publication Status: E-Book and Print Version Available for Purchase

ISBN13: 9781599040271

EISBN13: 9781599040295

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-027-1

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Interest in e-government, both in industry and in academia, has grown rapidly over the past decade, and continues to grow. Global E-Government: Theory, Applications and Benchmarking is written by experts from academia and industry, examining the practices of e-government in developing and developed countries, presenting recent theoretical research in e-government, and providing a platform to benchmark the best practices in implementing e-government programs.

Global E-Government: Theory, Applications and Benchmarking provides helpful examples from practitioners and managers involving real-life applications, while academics and researchers in the fields of information systems and e-government contribute theoretical insights.

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The book provides a benchmark for best practices in implementing e-government programs.

– APADE (2007)

Latif Al-Hakim lectures in Management in the Faculty of Business at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. His experience spans industry, research and development, and academic institutions. Latif was awarded his undergraduate degree in 1968, and went on to receive his Masters (1978) and PhD (1983) from the University of Wales (UK). Dr. Hakim has published extensively in information management and systems modelling. He is the author and editor of seven books, more than ten chapters in books and more than 60 papers in various journals and conference proceedings. He is the Editor-in-Chief of International journal of Information quality and Associate Editor International journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations. Latif has also consulted to a number of major industrial organizations in Australia.

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