A Preliminary Study on the Factors Affecting the Adoption of E-Government Services by Malaysians

Author(s):  
Joel Lim Yong Jin ◽  
Aamir Amin
2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 206-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kanda Sorn-in ◽  
Kulthida Tuamsuk ◽  
Wasu Chaopanon

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the factors affecting the development of e-government by using a citizen-centric approach. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is a mixed-methods study consisting of qualitative and quantitative research. Data were collected from government agencies using a structured interview and questionnaire about e-government services. The research was collected from the people responsible for the management of an e-government project in 75 government agencies. In addition, the researcher collected data from 1,400 citizens by using an e-Survey questionnaire that grouped participants by age. Findings – By using a citizen-centric approach, the paper identified the factors affecting the development of e-government. There were five factors from the viewpoint of government agencies and citizen groups: quality of e-government services, policy and governance, information technology infrastructure, organization and economy and society. Research limitations/implications – The research covered the development patterns of e-government for services from government to citizens only. Practical implications – Seeing the importance of environmental factors for both service providers and service users would facilitate continuous improvement of e-government service provision by government agencies. Social implications – The results reflect citizens’ need for e-government services; quality is their priority. Hence, government agencies must consider the quality of the delivery of information and e-government services as they relate to the lifestyles and needs of citizens. Originality/value – The creation of knowledge from merging e-government concepts with citizen-centric principles is a modern government sector management theory. This research stresses the need for the government sector to see the need for e-government and to recognize the factors for its successful development. This means the design and development of e-government services should respond to the increasing needs of the citizens.


2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keltoum Chahour ◽  
Rajae Aboulaich ◽  
Abderrahmane Habbal ◽  
Cherif Abdelkhirane ◽  
Nejib Zemzemi

The fractional flow reserve (FFR) provides an efficient quantitative assessment of the severity of a coronary lesion. Our aim is to address the problem of computing non-invasive virtual fractional flow reserve (VFFR). In this paper, we present a preliminary study of the main features of flow over a stenosed coronary arterial portion, in order to enumerate the different factors affecting the VFFR. We adopt a non-Newtonian flow model and we assume that the two-dimensional (2D) domain is rigid in a first place. In a second place, we consider a simplified weakly coupled FSI model in order to take into account the infinitesimal displacements of the upper wall. A 2D finite element solver was implemented using Freefem++. We computed the VFFR profiles with respect to different lesion parameters and compared the results given by the rigid wall model to those obtained for the elastic wall one.


Author(s):  
A. J. Rook ◽  
J. D. Sutton ◽  
J. France

Milk producers in the UK are paid according to their production of milk fat, protein and lactose. The production quota system also includes an element restricting fat production. It is therefore important to be able to predict the changes in production of milk solids arising from changes in feed inputs. There are few published predictive models for this purpose (e.g. Sporndly 1989, Emery, 1978) and none under UK conditions. This is a preliminary study to identify and quantify some of the factors affecting yields of milk constituents as a first stage in the development of predictive models.


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