Linking local e-government development stages to collaboration strategy

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore the connection between the stages of e-government development and collaboration demands in local government. Specifically, this study analyzes the demand for intergovernmental, interagency, and intersectoral collaborations during the three stages of local e-government development, including e-government initiation, application development, and integration. Based on an in-depth case study, this paper identifies soecific collaboration types demanded during local e-government development in the Gangnam district government in Seoul, Korea. In each stage of e-government development, the local government encountered varying degrees and types of resource dependence upon internal and axternal organizational units, A particular type of collaboration became dominant in each stage as the relative importance of each collaboration type changed. Copyright © 2008, IGI Global.