Resource Endowments Strategy for Sustainable E-Government

Abstract

Researchers have highlighted that public sectors with strong resources are able to sustain their innovation. E-government is new government innovation to provide electronic-based services. However, most of e-government systems are failed to sustain due resource challenges. Despite many studies have highlighted these challenges, limited studies have focused on how collective resource endowments are able to sustain e-government. Through the use of case study approach, this study investigates how resources were collectively endowed to support sustainable e-government systems within two regencies. This study found that resources for sustainable e-government were endowed through number of Resource channels such as cooperation with central government institutions, other local governments, private companies, and collaboration within local institutions