{"product_id":"9780191647864","title":"Digital Era Governance: IT Corporations, the State, and e-Government","description":"Government information systems are big business (costing over 1 per cent of GDP a  \u003cbr\u003e year). They are critical to all aspects of public policy and governmental  \u003cbr\u003e operations. Governments spend billions on them - for instance, the UK alone commits  \u003cbr\u003e u14 billion a year to public sector IT operations.Yet governments do not generally  \u003cbr\u003e develop or run their own systems, instead relying on private sector computer  \u003cbr\u003e services providers to run large, long-run contracts to provide IT. Some of the  \u003cbr\u003e biggest companies in the world (IBM, EDS, Lockheed Martin, etc) have made this a  \u003cbr\u003e core market. The book shows how governments in some countries (the USA, Canada and  \u003cbr\u003e Netherlands) have maintained much more effective policies than others (in the UK,  \u003cbr\u003e Japan and Australia). It shows how public managers need toretain and develop their  \u003cbr\u003e own IT expertise and to carefully maintain well-contested markets if they are to  \u003cbr\u003e deliver value for money in their dealings with the very powerful global IT  \u003cbr\u003e industry.This book describes how a critical aspect of the modern state is managed,  \u003cbr\u003e or in some cases mismanaged. It will be vital reading for public managers, IT  \u003cbr\u003e professionals, and business executives alike, as well as for students of modern  \u003cbr\u003e government, business, and information studies.","brand":"OUP Oxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47106905637104,"sku":"9780191647864","price":47.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780191647864_p0.jpg?v=1769916149","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780191647864","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}