Towards e-government in a Sub-Saharan African Country: Impediments and Initiatives in Nigeria
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Princely Ifinedo is a Ph.D candidate at the Department of Computer Science (CS) and Information Systems (IS) at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. He holds an MBA (International Management) from Royal Holloway College, the University of London, a M.Sc. (Informatics) from Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia and a B.Sc. (Mathematics/Computer Science) from the University of Port-Harcourt, Nigeria. His current research interests include ERP success assessment, information systems development (ISD) risk assessment, e-government, diffusion of IS/IT in the transiting/emerging economies. He has presented his findings at various international IS conferences and his works have appeared in peer-review journals such as Electronic Government: An International Journal, Journal of Information Technology Management, Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, Information Technology for Development, and Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries. He is a member of IEEE, AIS, and ACM.
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تاریخ انتشار 2006