Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

Publisher’s Version

Publication Date

12-2005

Abstract

The city-state of Singapore has been highly ranked for its e-government services. Over the past two decades, it has leveraged its IT infrastructure for economic development and transformed its public services. The SARS outbreak in 2004 turned into a national health crisis because it spread rapidly and the medical community had little knowledge of how to treat the new mutation of the corona virus. Yet, several Singaporean government agencies utilized the e-Government infrastructure and related resources to quickly bring the outbreak under control. In particular, the government?s IT infrastructure streamlined communications, information exchange, and data flow, and significantly eased collaboration among government agencies, private businesses, foreign agencies, and the public. By being able to coordinate crisis management activities, Singapore was able to keep the public up-to-date, enlist help from many sources, and rapidly develop innovative IT applications to contain the outbreak. Our findings illustrate the importance of IT in helping both public and private enterprises respond effectively to crisis situations, where leadership, speed, and coordination are paramount.

Discipline

Accounting | Asian Studies | Emergency and Disaster Management

Research Areas

Corporate Governance, Auditing and Risk Management

Publication

MIS Quarterly Executive

Volume

4

Issue

4

First Page

385

Last Page

397

ISSN

1540-1960

Publisher

Indiana University

Copyright Owner and License

Publisher

Additional URL

https://aisel.aisnet.org/misqe/vol4/iss4/3/

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