Modes of Collaboration for Realizing E-Government Benefits

Collaboration among governmental organizations has been regarded as essential for realizing benefits of e-government investments. Inter-organizational collaboration on e-government can take several forms and can produce varying types of political, organizational, and technological benefits. However, few if any studies have delved deeper into analysis of how chosen modes of collaboration might relate to targeted e-government benefits. This paper studies multiple cases of how contemporary acquisitions and implementations of digital archiving systems have been launched through varying modes of collaboration among Swedish government agencies and municipalities. Our analysis reveals that whereas the target system, digital archive, is the same in all of the studied cases, the expected benefits varies. The article contributes by explaining how selected modes of collaboration in e-government may impact on the particular types of expected benefits.