Impact of E-Government on Transaction Cost and FDI Inflows: A Proposed Conceptual Framework

Kachwamba, Muhajir

doi:10.5539/ijbm.v6n11p285

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“…In a public policy setting, the development of e-governments is seen to lower transaction costs (Kachwamba, 2011). Because of the elimination of information gaps and superfluous procedures, obtaining government services becomes easier for the public.…”

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Distributive Politics of Medical Commodities: An Overview of Transaction Costs and State-Center Relations During India’s Second Wave

Mahurkar

2021

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Using a transaction costs approach, this paper attempts to understand the allocation of medical oxygen during India’s second wave. In this background, it argues for transparency in allocative decision making of health related commodities. Through process tracing methodology, it focuses on the case of the oxygen crisis in Delhi at a time when different governments within India’s federal set-up accused each other of mismanagement of this commodity. The sequence of events in the case are traced to understand the grounds of allocative decisions during this emergency. Understanding the issue of allocation of medical resources becomes important as matters of life and death are often policitized. In this case, it appears that certain questionable decisions were made by both the Central government and the state government at the peak of the country’s second wave. However, the lack of availability of good quality data even hindered the judicial committee from reaching a conclusive opinion. As a result, this paper recommends the usage of Information Communication Technology tools for sharing health related information in real time. With ICT tools, the costs of exchanges made between Central and State governments could be lowered, which could in turn result in fairer or more optimal decisions. This paper argues that within India’s federal structure, if information costs are too high, factors other than efficiency and fairness can affect allocation of resources. It concludes by recommending the creation of centralized health supply data exchange can help increase allocative efficiencies. This study uses a process tracing method to answer its research question. Process tracing refers to an in-depth empirical analysis of causal processes in a real case. Through a standardized process of data acquisition and transmission with ICT tools, transaction costs made in exchanges between central and state governments could be lowered. By automating collection and transmission processes through tamper-proof devices, the integrity of the local level data will be maintained, and transaction costs will be lowered further. As a consequence, economic efficiency and fairness would underpin the allocation of the critical medical commodity.

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“…Impact of Information Technology on Governance. Sources: developed by the authors on the basis of (Kachwamba, 2011).…”

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Distributive Politics of Medical Commodities: An Overview of Transaction Costs and State-Center Relations During India’s Second Wave

Mahurkar

2021

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“…In a study that seeks to establish a conceptual framework for the impact of e-government on transaction costs and FDI inflows, the author argues for the necessity of combining both ICT and international business literatures. He aims to establish a conceptual framework that would give a logical flow of arguments on why the relationships between e-government, transactions costs and FDI should be expected (Kachwamba, 2011). Entering a new market is often identified as presenting increased corruption risks, in particular where a business places reliance on external consultants, intermediaries, or other third parties to gather information about the host environment.…”

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Working Paper 23: New perspectives in e-government and the prevention of corruption

Aiolfi¹

2017

Work. pap. ser. (Basel Inst. Gov.)

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Does e-government have an impact in reducing corruption? Do e-government solutions sufficiently take private sector perspectives into account to maximise its potential for addressing corruption risks? This paper addresses these and additional questions about the dynamic between governments and the private sector with respect to harnessing e-governance tools for corruption prevention. It is written primarily from a private sector perspective and for private sector actors who are interested in a more comprehensive understanding of the scope and examples of e-government solutions to improve their anti-corruption policies, but concludes with numerous recommendations for the private sector and governments alike.

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“…Several frameworks, concepts, and theories have been developed to measure the level of maturity and sustainability of e-government projects independently, whereas which aspects of maturity in organizations are closely related to sustainability is the gap for research (Hujran, 2023;Klischwskil & Lessa, 2013). Furthermore, searching for explanations on the determinants of e-government maturity is one of the study topics to be explored (Kachwamba & Hussein, 2009;Singh et al, 2020). Therefore, we argue that the relationship between the two concepts needs to be explored as they both are related to the same organizational reality.…”

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“…These phases indicate how far a country has progressed in terms of e-government maturity. Hence, maturity models in this context reflect a progression from a lower to a higher stage of development (Hujran, 2023;Kachwamba & Hussein, 2009).…”

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Maturity as a critical sustainability factor for e‐government: Toward a conceptual framework

Feleke,

Lessa

2023

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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Extant literature reveals that many e‐government initiatives fail especially in developing countries. Despite the alarming failure rate of e‐government initiatives, governments of developing countries are allocating a huge budget to support and improve e‐government services. Prior research suggested that maturity is a prerequisite for e‐government sustainability, but the relationship between e‐government maturity and sustainability is not investigated. Hence, this research is aimed at developing a conceptual framework that maps e‐government maturity to a sustainable e‐government service. First, the determinants of e‐government maturity and sustainability were derived from the extant literature. Then, the proposed conceptual framework is revised based on qualitative research using a multiple exploratory case study considering four G2C cases selected from the e‐government portal of Ethiopia. The conceptual framework was evaluated by domain experts, and the empirical data were analyzed using the thematic analysis technique. The study results show that manager's commitment to prioritize e‐government projects, availability of an ICT department with an independent annual budget for the e‐government development, human resource capability, degree and frequency of customer contacts, ICT infrastructure development, integration, website age, legal and political strategies, organizational e‐government operational plan, and e‐payments were identified to be the determinants of e‐government maturity. The study contributes to e‐government literature by providing a better understanding of the determinants of e‐government service maturity and sustainability and the link between the two constructs. The outcome of the research could also be of value for practitioners as a quality tool to assess the maturity and sustainability of e‐government initiatives. Evaluating the applicability of the proposed framework in different country contexts, a cross‐case study across nations, and conducting a longitudinal investigation of e‐government maturity and sustainability are avenues for future research.

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Impact of E-Government on Transaction Cost and FDI Inflows: A Proposed Conceptual Framework

Cited by 16 publications

References 82 publications

Distributive Politics of Medical Commodities: An Overview of Transaction Costs and State-Center Relations During India’s Second Wave

Distributive Politics of Medical Commodities: An Overview of Transaction Costs and State-Center Relations During India’s Second Wave

Working Paper 23: New perspectives in e-government and the prevention of corruption

Maturity as a critical sustainability factor for e‐government: Toward a conceptual framework

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