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EGOV 2006: Electronic Government pp 243–255Cite as

Flexibility of Information Architecture in e-Government Chains

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How can the flexibility of an information architecture in e-government chains – defined as a set of multi-rational agreements – be achieved, if one acknowledges the fact that the use of ICT may automate the status quo between organizations which work together in a policy chain? Research shows that flexibility cannot only be achieved by looking at technological requirements and agreements. Also other agreements should be considered which express other (political, legal and economic) design rationalities and values. Moreover, flexibility is also influenced by the structure and dynamics of the power and trustworthiness of the relationships between the organizations involved.

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  1. Department of Public Administration/Center for Public Innovation Erasmus University, P.O. Box 1738, NL, 3000 DR, Rotterdam

    Victor Bekkers

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  1. Institute for IS Research, University of Koblenz-Landau, Universitätsstr. 1, 56070, Koblenz, Germany

    Maria A. Wimmer

  2. The Information School, University of Washington, 98195-2840, Seattle, WA, USA

    Hans J. Scholl

  3. ESI/Informatics, Örebro University, 701 82, Örebro, Sweden

    Åke Grönlund

  4. Copenhagen Business School, Centre for Applied ICT, 60 Howitzvej, 2000, Frederiksberg, DK

    Kim Viborg Andersen

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Bekkers, V. (2006). Flexibility of Information Architecture in e-Government Chains. In: Wimmer, M.A., Scholl, H.J., Grönlund, Å., Andersen, K.V. (eds) Electronic Government. EGOV 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4084. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11823100_22

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