Browsing AURA by Author "Flak, Leif Skiftenes"
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Affordances of e-reporting on a supranational level: the case of Reportnet
Engvall, Tove Sofia; Flak, Leif Skiftenes (Peer reviewed; Conference object, 2022)An increasing emphasis on data driven and evidence-based policy making gives information and information systems a key role in governance processes. It is also argued that digital governance can support the implementation ... -
Analyzing stakeholder diversity in G2G efforts: combining descriptive stakeholder theory and dialectic process theory
Flak, Leif Skiftenes; Nordheim, Stig; Munkvold, Bjørn Erik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008)Previous research indicates that the benefits of e-government initiatives are slower to realize than initially expected. This has partly been ascribed to the particularly complex settings of e-government projects, consisting ... -
Assessing effects of eGovernment initiatives based on a public value framework
Hellang, Øyvind; Flak, Leif Skiftenes (Lecture Notes in Computer Science;7443, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2012)Assessing effects of eGovernment initiatives is considered an important but challenging endeavor. Assessments are, among other things, important to justify e-government investments. They are challenging because they are ... -
Choosing the right medium for municipal eParticipation based on stakeholder expectations
Johannessen, Marius Rohde; Flak, Leif Skiftenes; Sæbø, Øystein (Lecture Notes in Computer Science;7444, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2012)This paper examines the expectations and communication needs of relevant stakeholder groups for municipal eParticipation in a small Norwegian municipality. We identified relevant stakeholder groups with the municipality, ... -
Digital Governance as a Scientific Concept
Engvall, Tove Sofia; Flak, Leif Skiftenes (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2022)The term eGovernance has been used for almost 2 decades and suggests a relationship between some electronic—or digital—aspects and governance in a traditional form. Several scholars have pointed out that eGovernance has ... -
An Exploratory Approach for Benefits Management in e-Government : Insights from 48 Norwegian Government Funded Projects
Flak, Leif Skiftenes; Eikebrokk, Tom Roar; Dertz, Willy (Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences; no. 41, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008)Efforts to improve governance and government functions through the use of information technology continue to draw considerable parts of the budgets of government agencies. To meet public and political demands for increased ... -
The Impact of Smart City Initiatives on Human Rights
Flak, Leif Skiftenes; Hofmann, Sara (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Abstract: A smart city is a phenomenon where municipalities engage with stakeholders to use ICT for increasing efficiency, sustainability, and quality of life for its citizens and city operations. However, smart city ... -
Issues of adopting benefits management practices of IT investments in municipalities: A Delphi study in Norway
Päivärinta, Tero; Dertz, Willy; Flak, Leif Skiftenes (Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences;40, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2007)The concept of benefits management highlights explicit practices to facilitate benefits realization from information technology (IT) investments, in addition to plain project management focusing on information systems (IS) ... -
Local E-Government in Norway
Flak, Leif Skiftenes; Olsen, Dag H.; Wolcott, Peter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2005) -
Managing benefits in the public pector. Surveying expectations and outcomes in Norwegian government agencies
Flak, Leif Skiftenes; Grönlund, Åke (Lecture Notes in Computer Science;5184, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2008)Government agencies currently experience increasing pressure to document benefits from spending on eGovernment efforts. Hence, structured methods for benefits management (BM) are being developed. However, hardly any studies ... -
On the evolution of e-Government: The user imperative
Flak, Leif Skiftenes; Moe, Carl Erik; Sæbø, Øystein (Lecture Notes in Computer Science;2739, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2003)This paper focuses the need for more research on user involvement and the investigation of stakeholders in e-Government initiatives. An investigation of existing work revealed a lack of research on those topics. As ... -
Optimalisering av kompetanseutvikling gjennom spillifisert opplæring i norsk offentlig sektor
Bakir, Hala Gholam Akram (Master thesis, 2023)Denne studien undersøker bruken av spillifisering som et verktøy for kompetanseutvikling i offentlig sektor med fokus på effektivitet, engasjement og læringsprosesser. Forskningen er motivert ut av behovet for nyskapende ... -
Organizational Learning to Leverage Benefits Realization Management; Evidence from a Municipal eHealth Effort
Askedal, Kirsti; Flak, Leif Skiftenes; Solli-Sæther, Hans; Straub, Detmar W. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)While work with benefits realization requires organizational learning to be effective, emphasis on organizational learning is hard to find in benefits realization studies. To remedy this research gap, we study how ... -
Proposing an entrepreneurial process for the co-creation of IT value
Solli-Sæther, Hans; Flak, Leif Skiftenes (Lecture Notes in Computer Science;8653, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2014)Co-creation of IT value has received substantial focus from the IS research community over the past years. However, few if any have studied this phenomenon from a process perspective, and our understanding of the processes ... -
Proposing an Entrepreneurial Process for the Co-creation of IT Value
Solli-Sæther, Hans; Flak, Leif Skiftenes (Lecture Notes in Computer Science;8653, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2014)Co-creation of IT value has received substantial focus from the IS research community over the past years. However, few if any have studied this phenomenon from a process perspective, and our understanding of the processes ... -
Realizing Benefits From Enterprise Systems
Anaya, Luay (Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder;, Doctoral thesis, 2016)Organizations are increasingly implementing Enterprise Systems (ES) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems in particular. Despite notable studies on ES and their potential, many organisations are not satisfied ... -
The role of digital technologies in global climate negotiations
Engvall, Tove Sofia; Flak, Leif Skiftenes; Sæbø, Øystein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Digital technologies are increasingly used in global climate negotiations to enhance interaction and participation. However, global climate negotiations are characterized by paradoxes and tensions that complicate the ... -
The role of digital technologies in global climate negotiations
Flak, Leif Skiftenes; Sæbø, Øystein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023) -
Sammenhenger mellom bærekraftig utvikling og kunstig intelligens
Lindseth, Henrik; Rygg, Jostein Våga (Master thesis, 2022)I de seneste årene har bærekraft fått et økt fokus og vokst frem som et sentralt fenomen i næringslivet. Samtidig har den siste klimarapporten fra FN (IPCC 6) bidratt til å sette søkelys på bærekraftige løsninger, og ... -
The shape of eParticipation: Characterizing an emerging research area
Sæbø, Øystein; Rose, Jeremy; Flak, Leif Skiftenes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008)The phenomenon of eParticipation is receiving increasing attention, demonstrated by recent technology implementations, experiments, government reports, and research programs. Understanding such an emerging field is a complex ...