E-Government and Accountability in EU Local Governments

2009 ◽  
pp. 186-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lourdes Torres ◽  
Vicente Pina ◽  
Basilio Acerete ◽  
Sonia Royo
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Legal Requirements ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Relationship

This work tries to assess to what extent e-government enables transparency, openness and, hence, accountability in public administrations. For this purpose, local European Union (EU) administrations are analysed, encompassing all the different types of public administration styles of Western countries. Although almost all governments have opened a Web site and reports from multilateral organizations highlight the benefits of e-government initiatives for transforming the relationship between administration and citizens; the results of our analyses show that these benefits are far from being achieved because the e-government projects are still in their early stages. Even though the capacity of the Internet for the dissemination of information improves accountability and makes benchmarking easier, our research results also show that Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) do not promote financial accountability beyond legal requirements. In conclusion, ICTs have not had a dramatic impact on public accountability in practice, even in countries that are at the forefront of digital technologies.

EU SMEs and E-Business Innovation

2011 ◽  
pp. 464-471
Author(s):  
Anne Wiggins
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Business Innovation ◽  
Policy Initiatives ◽  
Adoption And Implementation ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Relationship

Although motivating electronic business (e-business) adoption and implemention by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is endorsed by policies and initiatives introduced by the European Union (EU), a number of challenges arise as the result of a limited conceptual understanding of the relationship between SMEs and information and communication technologies (ICTs). Relatively little is known about how SMEs respond to the opportunities provided by ICTs, and even less is known about why and how small businesses use ICTs (Dixon, Thompson, & McAllister, 2002). In the first section of this critical review of the academic and government bodies of literature related to EU SMEs, e-business and policy initiatives and definitions of SMEs are explained, the unique characteristics of SMEs and entrepreneurial characteristics are outlined, and the case is made that there is a clear need for more comprehensive research on SMEs in the European Union. The second section concentrates on e-business. Many of the factors that compel organisations to adopt and implement innovation are pertinent to the adoption and implementation of e-business. These have hitherto largely been treated as separate bodies of literature, however. In this section, the benefits of e-business are explored, the factors that motivate or act as barriers to e-business adoption and implemention are outlined, and the organisational and management attributes that would seem to ensure the success of the innovation of adopting and implementing e-business are discussed. The third and penultimate section explores EU policy initiatives relevant to SMEs and to the promotion of e-business. The most wide-ranging and prominent initiatives directed at SMEs are examined here. The final section of the paper concludes with suggestions for further research.

scholarly journals The Possibilities of Internet Voting in Jamaica: Moving from Convenience to Fixing the Problem of Voter Apathy among the Youth

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Voter Turnout ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Voting ◽  
Recent Scholarship ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Political Apathy ◽  
The Relationship

Recent scholarship recognises the importance of information and communication technologies (ICT), particularly the Internet, and its focus on ways to overcome challenges to political participation. The advent of Internet voting or I‑voting in encouraging youth political participation has been framed within the context of convenience voting which can help to strengthen democracy by encouraging voting, especially among apathetic youth. This paper explores the relationship between Internet voting and youth political participation in the Jamaican society through a survey of 600 youth. The findings suggest that while it may not substantially reduce apathy, which is more intricately linked to perceived overarching systemic failures, Internet voting holds the potential to improve voter turnout at the polls. While convenience was not a major factor driving political apathy, it was an important factor in encouraging participation at the polls.

scholarly journals Development and Use of Information and Digital Technologies at Ukrainian Enterprises

2021 ◽  
Vol 100 ◽  
pp. 01010
Author(s):  
Marta Shkvaryliuk ◽  
Liliana Horal ◽  
Inesa Khvostina ◽  
Alla Maksymova ◽  
Vira Shyiko
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Modern World ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Electronic Trade ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact

The paper considers the problems consider the problems of enterprises digitalization. Based on the research of the scientific literature, it is established that enterprises in the modern world need the active introduction of information and digital technologies to ensure the competitiveness of production and active development in the future. The analysis and assessment of the use and development of communication and information technologies by domestic enterprises is carried out. According to its results, it is established that the main areas of information and communication technologies implementation in domestic enterprises are cloud computing services, sources of "big data" for the analysis of "big data", 3D printing, external links to the Internet, own websites and electronic trade via the Internet, etc. It is determined that due to the rather intensive growth of the number of enterprises in the information and communication industry, the use of their developments in production is rather insignificant. Only 5% of enterprises during the study period used all the above information technologies in their activities. Based on the analysis, the problem areas of the process of implementation and development of communication and information technologies at domestic enterprises are identified and recommendations for improving the efficiency of information and communication technologies are provided. The MatLab Statistic Toolbox built into MatLab is used to determine the trends of the impact of digital innovations and the number of information and communication enterprises on GDP.

scholarly journals Genesis of ideologies through the prism of intensive development of information and communication technologies

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (S3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey S. Shestopal ◽  
Alexey Y. Mamychev ◽  
Svetlana V. Kachurova ◽  
Evgeniy V. Kachurov
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
False Consciousness ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Intensive Development ◽  
Government Institution

The new milestones should be expected with the formation of a digital civilization, in the development of all institutions of social relations. Within the mainstream of present study, the authors aim to trace the evolution of ideological institutions, to describe the potential threats and risks for a government institution associated with the introduction of digital technologies resulted in the modern transformation of the value and regulatory foundations of society through the new challenges of digital transformation of international, state-law and social relations. Presently, the two definitions are constituting the concept of ideology. The first one is claiming the “false consciousness” (K. Marx); the second one -“enlightened false consciousness” (P. Sloterdayk). This constructional evolution of the relationship between phenomenology and ideology that is in the center of the study of numerous scholars exists over a century. Along with this story, the philosophy itself as a science had been considerably changed. Such a sharp deviation of the various theories of knowledge of the last two centuries was caused exclusively by the practical orientation of ideological consciousness.

EU SMEs and E-Business Innovation

2009 ◽  
pp. 174-184
Author(s):  
Anne Wiggins
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Business Innovation ◽  
Policy Initiatives ◽  
Adoption And Implementation ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Relationship

Although motivating electronic business (e-business) adoption and implemention by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is endorsed by policies and initiatives introduced by the European Union (EU), a number of challenges arise as the result of a limited conceptual understanding of the relationship between SMEs and information and communication technologies (ICTs). Relatively little is known about how SMEs respond to the opportunities provided by ICTs, and even less is known about why and how small businesses use ICTs (Dixon, Thompson, & McAllister, 2002). In the first section of this critical review of the academic and government bodies of literature related to EU SMEs, e-business and policy initiatives and definitions of SMEs are explained, the unique characteristics of SMEs and entrepreneurial characteristics are outlined, and the case is made that there is a clear need for more comprehensive research on SMEs in the European Union. The second section concentrates on e-business. Many of the factors that compel organisations to adopt and implement innovation are pertinent to the adoption and implementation of e-business. These have hitherto largely been treated as separate bodies of literature, however. In this section, the benefits of e-business are explored, the factors that motivate or act as barriers to e-business adoption and implemention are outlined, and the organisational and management attributes that would seem to ensure the success of the innovation of adopting and implementing e-business are discussed. The third and penultimate section explores EU policy initiatives relevant to SMEs and to the promotion of e-business. The most wide-ranging and prominent initiatives directed at SMEs are examined here. The final section of the paper concludes with suggestions for further research.

scholarly journals Introduction: Academic Labour, Digital Media and Capitalism

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-48
Author(s):  
Thomas Allmer ◽  
Ergin Bulut
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
New Information ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Relationship

The overall task of this special issue of tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique is to gather critical contributions examining universities, academic labour, digital media and capitalism. The articles collected in this special issue (1) provide the context, history and theoretical concepts underlying academic labour, (2) analyse the relationship between academic work and digital media/new information and communication technologies/the Internet/social media, and (3) discuss the political potentials and challenges within and beyond higher education institutions.

Innovation in Learning and Rise of the Internet

2014 ◽  
pp. 206-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hakikur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Capacity Development ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Almost All

Innovation includes almost all spheres of human life and society with the upsurge of technology. Ranging from basic human needs, societal requirements, capacity development, and knowledge management to advanced researches, all are dependent on technologies and invariably driven by innovation. Learning is an essential element of human development. From the very beginning of capacity development, learning has become an important aspect in terms of individual or collective knowledge acquisition. This chapter broadly focuses on human development through utilization of innovative approaches of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), especially the Internet. The specific research focus is to find out the trend of the Internet usage with respect to gender, age, and region, and deduct a relationship of the growth of the Internet user in adopting strategies like open innovation on introducing tools like interactive learning for the overall human development.

Virtual Government

2003 ◽  
pp. 416-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Birgit J. Oberer
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
The Public ◽  
Interaction Partners ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Modern Information ◽  
The Relationship

In this chapter, an overview of electronic government is given. Online electronic services, like inquiry possibilities that are made available to its interaction partners (citizens and businesses) by administration authorities, are one proof of changes in the public sector because of modern information and communication technologies. Electronic government includes all governmental measures at the levels (union, states, and local governments) for qualitative improvements in citizen’s different spheres of life and for optimization of business processes within the administration. It can cause an improvement of the relationship between administration, citizens, and businesses. The author gives an overview about selected current international electronic government incentives, introduces analysis methods for these governmental strategies, and shows developed guidelines for implementing electronic government.

Moral and financial economics of ‘digital magic’: Explorations of an opening field

2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 534-552
Author(s):  
Lionel Obadia
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Financial Economics ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Not Given ◽  
New Information ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between religion and the Internet has been attracting more attention by researchers in recent years. Magic, however, is still relatively overlooked in this area, and has not given rise to influential studies in the field. Based on investigations on the Internet, other new information and communication technologies, and a survey of the scientific literature, this article intends to lay the groundwork for a consideration of magic and new information technology, and to highlight the specificity of a perspective in terms of digital magic, distinct from that of one exclusively focused on digital religion.

scholarly journals Introduction: Academic Labour, Digital Media and Capitalism

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-48
Author(s):  
Thomas Allmer ◽  
Ergin Bulut
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
New Information ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Relationship

The overall task of this special issue of tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique is to gather critical contributions examining universities, academic labour, digital media and capitalism. The articles collected in this special issue (1) provide the context, history and theoretical concepts underlying academic labour, (2) analyse the relationship between academic work and digital media/new information and communication technologies/the Internet/social media, and (3) discuss the political potentials and challenges within and beyond higher education institutions.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document