Multinational E-Government Collaboration, Information Sharing, and Interoperability: An Integrative Model

Several known factors impact collaboration whenever multiple public organizations engage in information sharing and interoperability initiatives. However, few analyses exist on how to cope with the challenges faced in inter-organizational collaborations across nations. Based on the literatures on networked government, inter-organizational collaboration, information integration, and border theory, this paper presents a framework that integrates important factors, which are proposed to affect multinational e-government collaboration, information sharing, and interoperability. The main contribution of this conceptual paper is to connect existing theoretical models as a basis to initially explain and to guide planned empirical research on the phenomena of multinational e-government collaborative networks and information sharing initiatives across national borders.