Electronic Governance and Cross-Boundary Collaboration : Innovations and Advancing Tools

Although fast growth and innovation characterize electronic governance in the Asia-Pacific region, existing research on e-governance has barely addressed the opportunities and challenges presented by emerging practices in this region. Electronic Governance and Cross-Boundary Collaboration: Innovations and Advancing Tools will provide research-based policy and management recommendations for innovative e-governance. By focusing on recent developments that will shape the future of e-governance, this book offers an analytical and comparative framework for evaluating and improving e-governance and provides a rich array of models from diverse institutional contexts, focusing on the Asia-Pacific region. Scholars in public administration, public management, and information science can enrich their research on public affairs and e-governance, government agencies and practitioners can learn about the adoption, use, and impact of e-governance, and both groups can use the book to generate sound policy and management decisions for the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.

Yu-Che Chen, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of E-Government and Public management in the Division of Public Administration at Northern Illinois University. He received his Master of Public Affairs and Ph.D. from Indiana University - Bloomington. Dr. Chen's research interests include international electronic governance, e-government implementation and IT-enabled interorganizational collaboration. Chen's recent research publications can be found in journals such as Public Administration Review, American Review of Public Administration, International Journal of Electronic Government Research, Government Information Quarterly, Public Performance & Management Review and Social Science Computer Review. His research has also appeared as book chapters in the Encyclopedia of Digital Government, E-government Research and other books on electronic government. Additionally, he has published management reports with the IBM Center for the Business of Government on e-government XBRL implementation and IT outsourcing. Dr. Chen serves on the IT Committee of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration and is the Chair for the Section on Science and Technology in Government for the American Society for Public Administration. He has also served on various editorial advisory boards for books and journals on e-governance and public administration.

Pin-Yu Chu, Ph.D., currently serves as Distinguished Professor of National Chengchi University, Taiwan. Dr. Chu holds a doctorate in Engineering-Economic Systems from Stanford University. Her research interests include technology development and management, digital governance and conflict management. Her publications can be found in Government Information Quarterly, Public Performance and Management Review, Omega: The International Journal of Management Science, Journal of Management & Organization, International Journal of Technology Management, Industrial Management Data Systems, Journal of Applied Social Psychology and Electronic Government: An International Journal. Dr. Chu serves on the Personnel Policy Council, Central Personnel Administration of Taiwan, the Committee of Government Technology Program Review, the Review Expert Board of Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council of Taiwan, et cetera.