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In this paper a study on the pre-requisites for joined-up eGovernment in municipalities is reported. The purpose of the paper is to explore possibilities and restrictions of ICT for promoting joined-up government. The need for eGovernment and joined-up government research to merge is discussed as is the needs and options of government change in relation to eGovernment and joined-up government. Four themes concerning change is identified in the paper and related to information systems (IS) and organizational change.
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Persson, A., Goldkuhl, G. (2009). Joined–Up E–Government – Needs and Options in Local Governments. In: Wimmer, M.A., Scholl, H.J., Janssen, M., Traunmüller, R. (eds) Electronic Government. EGOV 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5693. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03516-6_7
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