Can Regional Communities Successfully Participate in the Smart State? The Case of Maranoa Online Regional Community Portal

J Summers; Meredith A Lawley

doi:10.1017/S1321816600002567

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Can Regional Communities Successfully Participate in the Smart State? The Case of Maranoa Online Regional Community Portal

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Can Regional Communities Successfully Participate in the Smart State? The Case of Maranoa Online Regional Community Portal

J Summers and Meredith A Lawley

Queensland Review, Vol.10(1), pp.123-139

2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1321816600002567

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History and Philosophy of Specific Fields

regional communities

communities

This paper presents a case study of the initial planning and implementation of an emerging e-model, community portals, in a regional Queensland community, focusing on the adoption of this model by the two key stakeholder groups of businesses and consumers. Our study was undertaken in two stages: an initial exploratory stage utilising depth interviews with businesses and focus groups of consumers to identify key reasons for participation, followed by a survey of all businesses and households in the region. Two key implications for successful planning and implementation of regional community portals include the need to focus on not only the establishment and start up phase of the portal but also on the longer term growth and development of the portal and secondly, the importance of considering and addressing the needs of all stakeholder groups at initial planning and implementation phases, rather than focussing on one stakeholder group. Overall the results question the viability of regional community portals if they are to be self-funding, hence necessitating a commercial focus.

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Title: Can Regional Communities Successfully Participate in the Smart State? The Case of Maranoa Online Regional Community Portal
Authors: J Summers (Author) - University of Southern Queensland
Meredith A Lawley (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Business
Publication details: Queensland Review, Vol.10(1), pp.123-139
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Date published: 2003
DOI: 10.1017/S1321816600002567
ISSN: 1321-8166
Organisation Unit: School of Business and Creative Industries; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; USC Business School - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99448774202621
Output Type: Journal article

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