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100 _aBoudreau, Christian
245 _aThe implementation of integrated electronic service delivery in Quebec: the conditions of collaboration and lessons
260 _c2017
300 _ap.602-620.
362 _aSep
520 _aThe article addresses the difficult conditions of interorganisational collaboration for the implementation of integrated electronic service delivery from three theoretical perspectives: institutional, political and managerial. These perspectives are used to conceptually define the main obstacles to interorganisational collaboration and the leverage available to public managers to facilitate the integration of electronic services. Based on a multiple case study in Quebec, the authors examine, more specifically, the institutional, political and managerial conditions that have delayed the integration of electronic services in this Canadian province. They show how the persistency of administrative practices, the desire for autonomy of public organisations and cumbersome governance structures have contributed to the diversification of the supply of online services in Quebec at the expense of an integrated service. Drawing on theoretical considerations and the study results, the authors propose that public managers do not stick only to horizontal governance mechanisms, but also make use of vertical governance mechanisms, to mitigate the effects of certain constraints on interorganisational collaboration and to accelerate the implementation of integrated electronic service delivery. - Reproduced.
650 _aCommunication technology
650 _aInformation technology
650 _aPublic administration
650 _aAdministrative structure - Quebec
650 _aE governance - Quebec
650 _aE governance
700 _aBernier, Luc
773 _aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences
909 _a116174
999 _c116168
_d116168