E-Procurement in Self-Governing Regions in Slovakia
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4335/14.3.321-335(2016)Keywords:
E-procurement, Public services, Public procurement, ICT innovationsAbstract
The current reforms in government and public administration have to also respond to the difficult economic situation caused by the crisis. The use of information and communication technologies including electronic public procurement represent an important tool to increase economy and in some cases, efficiency, too. The goal of this article is to analyse the use of e-procurement in the conditions of Slovakia at the regional self-governing level with the aim to identify those factors influencing e-procurement use. Using qualitative and quantitative research methods and original survey data from our own research collected within the LIPSE project we defined the most important external and internal factors determining e-procurement use at the regional self-government level.
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Bhatti, Y., Olsen, A. L. & Holm Pedersen, L. (2011) Administrative professionals and the diffusion of innovations: the case of citizen service centres, Public Administration, 89(2), pp. 577-594.
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Ifinedo, P. & Singh, M. (2011) Determinants of eGovernment maturity in the transition economies of central and Eastern Europe, Electronic Journal of e-Government, 9 (2), pp. 166–182.
Jap, S. D. (2002) Online Reverse Auctions: Issues, Themes, and Prospects for the Future, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 30(4), pp. 506–525.
Jovanovic, P., Joksimovic, N. Z., & Milosavljevic, M. (2013) The Efficiency of Public Procurement Centralization: Empirical Evidence from Serbian Local Self-Governments, Lex Localis – Journal of Local Self-Government, 11(4), pp. 883-899.
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Vesely, A. (2013) Accountability in Central and Eastern Europe: concept and reality, International Review of Administrative Sciences, 79(2), pp. 310-330.
Voorberg W., Tummers, L. & Bekkers, V. (2014) A systematic review of co-creation and co-production: Embarking on the social innovation journey, Public Management Review, 17(2), 1333-1357.
Walker, R. M., Avellaneda, C. N. & Berry, F. S. (2011) Exploring The Diffusion Of Innovation Among High And Low Innovative Localities, Public Management Review, 13(1), 95-125.</span></p>
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2016-07-31
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