Exploring best practices in public–private partnership (PPP) in e-Government through select Asian case studies

Factors influencing e-government maturity in transition economies and developing countries

“…Their result is indicating that efficient governments easily appreciate the need to use advanced E-gov features to improve governance in their contexts. Reports and studies from TEDC have also supported this finding as well (Holliday, 2002;InfoDev, 2004;Banerjee & Chau, 2004;Sharma, 2007;Lau et al, 2008;Searson & Johnson, 2010). Thus, in tune with the national institutions perspective, it is predicted here that: H9: The greater the level of government efficiency in a country, the higher the E-gov maturity in that country …”

“…Thus, it is maintained that for a society to adequately use advanced features in its E-gov initiatives, that society, first and foremost, must have values and structures within it that fundamentally support of such endeavors. Recent research findings have shown that the diffusion of E-gov within a country is fundamentally shaped by its prevailing national governance institutions (King et al, 1994;Kamarck & Nye, 2002;Wilson, 2004;Katchanovski & La Porte, 2005;Dunleavy, 2007;Azad et al, 2010) as such institutions provide strong basis upon which E-gov schemes are implemented, sustained, or even resisted (King et al, 1994;Wong & Welch, 2004;Sharma, 2007;Tolbert et al, 2008;Schuppan, 2009). In other words, the progression or retrogression in Egov efforts in a country can be fundamentally linked to its national institutions.…”

“…Indeed, E-gov is accepted a useful modern tool for improving government efficiency (Fountain, 2001;Norris & Moon, 2005;Srivastava & Teo, 2007;Shareef et al, 2011), providing quality service delivery to citizens and businesses (Wong & Welch 2004; UN (United Nations) Public Administration Programme, 2010), reducing corruption and increasing transparency (Cho & Choi 2004;Bertort et al, 2010;Armstrong, 2011), and increasing democratization (InfoDev, 2004;Von Haldenwang, 2004;Sharma, 2007).…”

“…For example, Lau et al (2008) used a conceptual framework to examine the adoption and development of E-gov services in Latin America. Sharma (2007) using case studies discussed the best practices in E-gov initiatives in selected Asian countries. Holliday (2002) discussed E-gov acceptance in East and South-East Asia.…”

Explanation of Public Private Partnership (PPP) Outcomes in E-Government -- A Social Capital Perspective

“…recent times eGovernance projects are being implemented through PPP [11,27]. According to Sharma [27] eGovernance projects often face roadblocks with regard to availability of finance and technical resources and Public Private Partnership (PPP) has become a viable model to overcome these factors. PPP combines accountability of the public sector with the efficiency of the private entities and helps in sharing risks.…”