Where do e-Government strategies take the Nordic nations?
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2016
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An effective strategy is critical for the successful development of e-Government. The leading nations in the e-Government rankings include Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. Their leading role makes them interesting to study when looking for reasons to successful e-Government. The purpose of this research paper is to describe the e-Government development strategies of Nordic countries, which rank highly on the international stage. In particular it aims to study the foci of these strategies. The approach is a document study of the e-Government development strategies of Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland was carried out using a qualitative content analysis inductive method. The results show that the major focus of Nordic e-Government strategies is on public sector reforms. Other focus areas include economic reforms and, to a lesser extent, e-Democracy efforts. Sweden, Finland and Norway have set ambitious policy goals in order to achieve global leadership in e-Government development. In response to the question posed by this paper’s title, we can say that Nordic e-Government strategies, except for Norway, focus more on reforming public sector services than on economic reforms. E-Democracy reforms are hardly focused on at all. Practical implications: Public sector policy makers can relate their policy foci to some of the more successful e-Government countries in the world. Research implications/originality is that this paper can apart from the findings also provide a means on how to identify the actual foci of a country’s e-Government policy. |
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eng |
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Högskolan Dalarna, Informatik Örebro universitet |
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Electronic Journal of e-Government, 1479-439X, 2016, 14:1, s. 2-16 |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
Palavras-Chave | #e-Government policies document study #e-Government strategy document study #Nordic e-Government policy analysis #e-government strategy analysis #Nordic e-Government policy study #Scandinavian e-Government strategies #Nordic e-Government strategies #Nordic e-Government policies #Information Systems, Social aspects #Systemvetenskap, informationssystem och informatik med samhällsvetenskaplig inriktning |
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Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text |