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Title:
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E-GOVERNMENT IMPACT ON BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: DYNAMICS IN HIGH, UPPER MIDDLE AND LOWER INCOME COUNTRIES FROM 2008 TO 2014 |
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Author(s):
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Gustavo de Oliveira Almeida and Deborah Moraes Zouain |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8533-32-6 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2015 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Electronic Government; Starting Business; Corruption; Impact Evaluation |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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199 |
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Last Page:
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206 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Most e-government initiatives have as its objective the improvement business atmosphere and the creation of new business. This papers aims to measure the impact of change of e-government index (and its composing sub-indexes) in the ease of doing business and the rate creation of new business in high, middle and low income countries, seeking to test if there is a difference in the effects. The study used a panel data design, with four points (years 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014), in three change periods (2008/2010, 2010/2012 and 2012/2014), collecting data from various databases: Doing Business Report by World Bank, United Nations E-Government Survey, Corruption Perception Index by Transparence International and World Bank Entrepreneurship Survey. The data was joined and analyzed with non-parametric correlation and stepwise regression. Data suggests that different models should be applied to understand e-government relationship with outcome variables, according to the income level and e-government development level. Suggestions for future research are also presented. |
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