This paper reports on the development and operation of a customized EA framework to govern the digitalisation of a divisionally structured public administration in Luxembourg, and suggests dimensions for further elaboration of the concept of Return on Modelling Effort.
The paper analyzes e-democracy as a “bottom-up” mechanism that enhances transparency and allows citizens to participate directly in decision-making through tools like electronic petitions, participatory budgeting, and online consultations and concludes that harmonizing domestic legislation with European standards and creating specialized communication units are vital for avoiding politicized propaganda and ensuring professional governance.
S. Tkachuk, Olena Harnyk· Economic scope· 0 citations
Sustainable infrastructure transformation demands the integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles into public sector business strategies. The Ministry of Public Works has issued a number of centrally designed policy instruments the Building Management Information System (SIMBG), the Green Building Mandate (BGH), the Domestic Component Level (TKDN) obligations, and State Property grants to local governments but their implementation at the regional level remains uneven. This research questions how governance asymmetry between the central and regional governments affects the adoption of sustainable infrastructure standards, through what mechanisms policy instruments are distorted into administrative compliance, and what kind of governance models can position ministries as strategic orchestrators. The study uses a qualitative plural case study design based on document analysis on secondary sources available to the public, for the period 2021–2025, with four purposively selected policy cases. The evidence relies mainly on regulations, official evaluation results, and the findings of state audit bodies; data are coded deductively using the Technology Organization Environment (TOE) framework and inducively for emerging mechanisms, followed by cross case synthesis. One diagnostic pattern anchored the analysis: The 2024 National SPBE Index reached 3.12 on a scale of 5 and exceeded the medium term target, while only 48 of the 615 agencies evaluated achieved the highest predicate, an aggregate achievement that conceals a highly uneven distribution. In all four cases, the instrument establishes compliance thresholds that can be administratively verifiable but independent of substantive outputs. The resulting pattern is interpreted as means ends decoupling, with a self reinforcing form called a compliance trap, understood not as a new concept, but as a domain specific manifestation of isomorphic mimicry in ESG policy. The article proposes a tiered governance model equipped with tiering indicators, the role of actors, two way transition mechanisms, resource needs, and enforcement limits. Because the evidence base is documentary, the findings are presented as propositions that can be generalized analytically and are open to testing, rather than as a causal claim that has been validated.
Ayu Purnamasari Asih, Mohamad Rizan, Muhammad Awaluddin· Journal of Digital Business...· 0 citations
This practitioner abstract presents DK-SCALE, an initiative carried out as part of the Interreg North Sea Digital Kiosks project, which develops and tests a method for comparing alternative ways to scale sharing-economy services in cities. Digital kiosks are neighbourhood access points where residents can borrow shared tools and equipment. Working with the City of Gothenburg and its public-housing partner Familjebostäder, we modelled three configurations: Public Utility, Public-Private Partnership, and Outsourced Service, each simulated over a 10-year horizon linking financial flows to public-value outcomes. The results show that the scaling decision is not which model performs best, but which success metric should govern the choice: inclusion and access, or financial self-sufficiency. A cross-consortium evaluation with 17 participants confirmed the method's value for making the complexity of scaling visible, and we seek discussion on how the approach travels to other cities and policy contexts.
M. Hron, Josephina Wilson, François Dubreuil et al.· EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2026· 0 citations
The digitalization of public administration is today considered one of the main instruments for increasing efficiency, transparency and accountability in the public sector. This paper examines the process of digitalization of public administration in the Republic of Kosovo, analyzing the legal and strategic framework, the integrated e-Kosova platform, as well as the factors influencing the acceptance and use of electronic services by citizens. The paper is based on a mixed-methods methodological approach, which combines the analysis of documents and secondary data (reports of the Ministry of Public Administration, the E-Governance Strategy 2023–2027, reports of the International Monetary Fund and of non-governmental organizations) with a conceptual framework based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT). The results show that, despite notable progress in expanding the portfolio of electronic services offered through the e-Kosova platform, the level of effective use by citizens remains below its real potential, mainly due to a lack of institutional trust, limited digital skills, challenges of interaction between systems (interoperability) and cyber insecurity. The paper concludes with a set of recommendations for policymakers, emphasizing the need to strengthen digital infrastructure, increase the digital literacy of the population and consolidate the legal framework for data protection.
The findings show that digital transformation serves as the conceptual hub of the field, connecting traditional e-government research with newer themes in innovation, governance, artificial intelligence, big data, trust, adoption, performance, and post-pandemic public service resilience.
Andrei Trip, Florina Stanciu, O. Lobonț· Development Through Research...· 0 citations
European shipbuilding’s multiparty strategies create complex data integration challenges that are often not experienced by more centralized industries. This study evaluates digital tool requirements through case studies with two European shipbuilding companies. We set the context for the case studies by reviewing the current digital landscape in terms of tools and an example of information architecture used in the industry. Then, we decompose and specify the concept of “data integration” based on related functionalities found in the literature. The data handling processes in both companies are mapped and used as a basis to identify and rank each company’s needs concerning their digital process. Finally, the needs are mapped back to the integration functionalities identified in the literature using Systems Engineering House of Quality method. We find that as process and design ownership become more distributed, the effectiveness of conventional centralized approaches diminishes, highlighting the importance of information architecture aligning with organizational and shipbuilding strategies and with their level of design ownership. As an alternative, we suggest investigation of federation-based information architectures enabling autonomous systems to cooperate while maintaining data sovereignty.
shipbuilding; systems engineering; computers in design; computers in construction; modernization; design (vessels)
Janica A. Bronson, Í. Fonseca, Gökçe Yılmaz et al.· Journal of Ship Production a...· 0 citations
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