Explaining 'irrationalities' of IT-enabled change in a developing country bureaucracy: the case of Ghana's Tradenet
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Keywords
institutional logic; neopatrimonialism; rent seeking; managerialism; bureaucratic reform; IS in developing countries; trade facilitation; TradeNet; ICT4D;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- N0 - Economic History - - General
- L81 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Retail and Wholesale Trade; e-Commerce
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ICT-2017-02-26 (Information and Communication Technologies)
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