In recent years, agile methods have become a subject of great interest for civil servants. Not
only does their use facilitate the deeper involvement of product owners, but it also …

With the improvement of the people's leisure means, the development of tourism is
becoming increasingly quick. Tourism security is the most crucial factor in the development …

In the complex world we live in government has become one of the most important players in
the data processing market. Not only does it collect a considerable amount of data from …

This paper studies public intangible capital effects on productivity. Using data from two
recent data sources on private and public intangible capital (INTAN-Invest and SPINTAN) …

Technologies (ICTs) can provide firms with both tangible and intangible benefits (IBs).
However, these investments are generally analyzed and evaluated by means of traditional …

Since the first electronic computers hit the market in the 1950's, governments have been
amongst the biggest users of Information Technology (IT) worldwide. Therefore, it is in the …

The failure rate of new government information technology (IT) projects in developing
countries is high, with 35% classified as total failures and approximately 50% as partial …

Small businesses in the United States have a high failure rate within their first 5 years of
operation. Small business success is vital to the economy because it drives revenue …

Abstract In this paper, we (1) analyse the German public IT-spending programme 2009-11
adopted after the crisis in terms of its tangible vs. intangible asset creation,(2) consider this …

Since the seminal paper of Aschauer (1989), much effort has been spent in the literature to
evaluate the effects of public capital on private productivity. The hypothesis that the …