In-spite of the presence of all-encompassing synopsis of e-government implementation determinants in Most developed countries, a multi-group analysis of contextual salient determinants is missing in DCs. When it comes to implementation of e-government projects, most developing countries just copy already implemented projects from MDCs and paste without editing to suit their nations. This has resulted into massive failure of such e-projects partly due to failure to account the salient determinants of e-government implementation success which vary from one nation to another. This study bridges this knowledge gap by examining a multi-group analysis of contextual salient determinants of e-government implementation success in Uganda and Tanzania. Structured questionnaires were used to pucker quantitative data from the 72 employees and 64 employees from Ministries of finance and planning in Uganda and Tanzania respectively. PLS–SEM aided by SmartPLS 3 were used for analysis. Using UTAUT and empirical evidence, a model was proposed. Findings indicate insignificant results for information system attribute while all other constructs were significant. Findings for Tanzania indicated insignificant results for ICTI and ISA and positive significant results for TMS and UA. The Ugandan data set indicated insignificant results for ISA and TMS and positive significant results for ICTI and UA.

This study assessed the willingness to accept sustainability learning in management and operations. Based on comparative analyses of responses from different functional areas, the study specifically assessed the readiness to accept the proposed sustainability-related themes to be learned, the likelihood of the trained personnel to benefit from sustainability-related skills and competencies, and the employability potentials of beneficiaries of sustainability learning. The study used data collected from 150 practitioners in the areas of management and operations. Analysis of variance was used to compare the differences in responses between the five functional areas. Findings indicate that respondents were willing to accept the proposed areas of sustainability learning. Also, the recipients of sustainability training accepted the likelihood to benefit from the skills and competencies. Moreover, the respondents concurred on the employability likelihood for potential sustainability learners. The study recommends that organizations and businesses undertake specific training to develop sustainability expertise in management and operations to enhance sustainable business operations.

Given a number of challenges procurement in the public sector faces also in line with the current trend of globalization and innovation, organizations are trying much to improve their procurement practices through technological applications. However, still there are contradictory results on the role of technology usage on the performance of procurement. This study was aimed at investigating the public procurement performance in Tanzania by examining the roles played by technology usage and regulatory pressure. Drawing on institution theory with the support of empirical evidence from literature, a conceptual model with direct path and moderated paths was developed through which procurement regulatory pressure moderates the path from procurement technology usage to procurement performance. The study used partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) aided by SmartPLS 3 to validate the measurement model and test the hypotheses using data from 207 key informants from procurement management units of the public procurement sector in Tanzania. The findings from this study with support from previous empirical studies indicated that too much regulatory pressure tends to weaken the application of technology in procurement. Moreover, these results have implications for methodology, practitioners, and policymakers.