Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar
Biographic Data
| ID | 4154293 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Manuel Pedro Rodríguez |
| FAMILY NAME | Bolívar |
| SIGNATURE | BOLÍVAR M P R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Granada |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8959-7664 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 171 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 34 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
AI‐Ready Bureaucracies? Assessing Capacity‐Building Approaches in European National AI Strategies
The global expansion of Artificial Intelligence (AI) strategies is reshaping expectations about state capacity, yet the role of civil servants in this transition remains insufficiently theorized. This study examines how EU Member States address the civil service workforce in their national AI strategies, employing content and cluster analysis and comparing national approaches with guidance from EU institutions. Findings reveal that most strategie…
Artificial intelligence in policymaking: Mapping integration gaps across the public policy cycle
Advancing public administration research: Integrating digital governance, institutional resilience, and participatory pathways for public value
This editorial paper synthesizes recent high-impact scholarship in public administration to articulate a coherent research agenda aligned with the aims and scope of the International Review of Administrative Sciences ( IRAS ). Drawing on top-tier publications from 2020 to 2025, it systematically structures the field around six interconnected domains: public governance and management; public policy and administrative processes; institutional analy…
Identification of research trends in emerging technologies implementation on public services using text mining analysis
Purpose This study aims to conduct performance and clustering analyses with the help of Digital Government Reference Library (DGRL) v16.6 database examining the role of emerging technologies (ETs) in public services delivery. Design/methodology/approach VOSviewer and SciMAT techniques were used for clustering and mapping the use of ETs in the public services delivery. Collecting documents from the DGRL v16.6 database, the paper uses text mining a…
The financial sustainability of public services as an instrument to combat depopulation in small and medium-sized municipalities
Sustainable open data ecosystems in smart cities: A platform theory-based analysis of 19 European cities
Identifying patterns in smart initiatives' planning in smart cities. An empirical analysis in Spanish smart cities
The smart city (SCs) movement has emerged to face urban challenges. Nonetheless, the complexity and dynamic nature of cities makes them context-dependent in their strategic planning processes concerning smart initiatives, which can lead to different solutions and outcomes of cities' development. With the growing number of smart initiatives implemented in SCs, it becomes important both to consider how such initiatives are planned and organised, an…
Identifying patterns and recommendations of and for sustainable open data initiatives: A benchmarking-driven analysis of open government data initiatives among European countries
Trends and challenges of e-government chatbots: Advances in exploring open government data and citizen participation content
In this paper, we propose a conceptual framework composed of a number of e-government, implementation and evaluation-oriented variables, with which we jointly analyze chatbots presented in the research literature and chatbots deployed as public services in Spain at national, regional and local levels. As a result of our holistic analysis, we identify and discuss current trends and challenges in the development and evaluation of chatbots in the pu…
Factors in the adoption of open government initiatives in Spanish local governments
The Open Government Data (OGD) projects have spread rapidly in recent years, given that they involve a great transformative potential, whose aims to guarantee transparent government and stimulate the participation and citizenry engagement. It seems that there is a lack of studies analysing factors regarding both the access to OG projects and the volume and format of data published into OGD projects. Therefore, this paper seeks to identify main fa…
Political determinants in the strategic planning formulation of smart initiatives
Governments increasingly promote the adoption of smart initiatives based on the intensive use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to face urban challenges and improve the quality of life of citizens. Multiple styles of smart initiatives have been developed, depending on the government leadership, the level of participation, collaboration, and involvement of stakeholders and institutions in public decision-taking processes. In thi…
Strategic alignment of open government initiatives in Andalusia
The emergence of information and communication technologies (ICTs) has put emphasis on the open government approach (OG), provoking a cultural change in both the citizenry (demanding new ways of collaborating with public administration and more openness in government), and in the public administrations (adapting their structures and processes to support civic participation). This article analyzes both the strategies followed by local governments …
Analyzing Citizen Participation and Engagement in European Smart Cities
With the advent of smart cities (SCs), governance has been placed at the core of the debate on how to create public value and achieve a high quality of life in urban environments. In particular, given that public value is rooted in democratic theory and new technologies that promote networking spaces have emerged, citizen participation represents one of the principal instruments to make government open and close to the citizenry needs. Participat…
Regulation as both enabler of technology use and global competitive tool: The Gibraltar case
Mapping potential impact areas of Blockchain use in the public sector
While the financial sector was the first to investigate the potential of Blockchain, and in more general terms, Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), with an initial focus on digital currencies including cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ether, the study of potential uses of this technology is gradually expanding to also include other areas of application including public-sector applications. Academic and non-academic publications on the subjec…
Transparency in Governments: A Meta-Analytic Review of Incentives for Digital Versus Hard-Copy Public Financial Disclosures
Prior research has indicated that information transparency in governments depends on institutional and environmental factors. Nonetheless, previous studies show heterogeneity in the results, and the academic researchers cannot make consistent conclusions. It makes it difficult to know the behavior of governments regarding their information policies. Therefore, making use of meta-analysis techniques, we integrate the empirical results reported by …
Analysing the scientific evolution of e-Government using a science mapping approach
The effects of contextual factors into different features of financial transparency at the municipal level
Análisis bibliométrico sobre la implementación de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación en las administraciones públicas: Aportaciones y oportunidades de investigación
En la actualidad el e-Gobierno es considerado uno de los principales temas incluidos en las agendas gubernamentales, parte central de la transformación de las administraciones públicas, e innovación en la gestión y rendición de cuentas. Aunque muchas han sido las investigaciones llevadas a cabo sobre esta temática desde diferentes perspectivas, no existe aún una clara justificación percibida por los expertos de su necesidad en procesos de reforma…
Governing the smart city: A review of the literature on smart urban governance
Academic attention to smart cities and their governance is growing rapidly, but the fragmentation in approaches makes for a confusing debate. This article brings some structure to the debate by analyzing a corpus of 51 publications and mapping their variation. The analysis shows that publications differ in their emphasis on (1) smart technology, smart people or smart collaboration as the defining features of smart cities, (2) a transformative or …
The Effect of Changes in Public Sector Accounting Policies on Administrative Reforms Addressed to Citizens
Changes in financial reporting systems are relevant to the usefulness of governmental financial reporting in implementing New Public Management (NPM) reforms. The International Public Sector Accounting Standards, published by the International Federation of Accountants, seeks to improve the financial information reported. The aim of this paper is to analyze whether Fair Value Accounting (FVA) could improve the usefulness of governmental financial…
Risk Factors and Drivers of Financial Sustainability in Local Government: An Empirical Study
The current international crisis in public finances has made financial sustainability a key issue for governments. Although the European Union (EU) and other international organisations have recommended governments to monitor demographic and economic variables, few studies have considered the influence of these variables on financial sustainability. This paper seeks to identify and analyse the drivers and risk factors that influence the financial…
Financial incentives and open government: A meta-analysis
The economic crisis has highlighted the need to pay close attention to the disclosure of financial information by public administrations. The present paper seeks to analyse the financial determinants that researchers have often considered in the main
Understanding e-government research: A perspective from the information and library science field of knowledge
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consolidate existing knowledge and provide a deeper understanding of e-government research for assisting researchers in the development of their future analyses, identifying trends of research and the methodology used. Design/methodology/approach – A bibliometric approach has been used to examine e-government research in periodical publications listed in ISI in the field of information science and library…
Smart Governance: Using a Literature Review and Empirical Analysis to Build a Research Model
The attention for Smart governance, a key aspect of Smart cities, is growing, but our conceptual understanding of it is still limited. This article fills this gap in our understanding by exploring the concept of Smart governance both theoretically and empirically and developing a research model of Smart governance. On the basis of a systematic review of the literature defining elements, aspired outcomes and implementation strategies are identifie…
Risk Factors and Drivers of Financial Sustainability in Local Government: An Empirical Study
The current international crisis in public finances has made financial sustainability a key issue for governments. Although the European Union (EU) and other international organisations have recommended governments to monitor demographic and economic variables, few studies have considered the influence of these variables on financial sustainability. This paper seeks to identify and analyse the drivers and risk factors that influence the financial…
Smart Governance: Using a Literature Review and Empirical Analysis to Build a Research Model
The attention for Smart governance, a key aspect of Smart cities, is growing, but our conceptual understanding of it is still limited. This article fills this gap in our understanding by exploring the concept of Smart governance both theoretically and empirically and developing a research model of Smart governance. On the basis of a systematic review of the literature defining elements, aspired outcomes and implementation strategies are identifie…
Cultural contexts and governmental digital reporting
The way in which public sector entities disseminate information publicly is affected by the degree of transparency adopted, and the construction and management of websites are increasingly essential elements of modern public administration. Nonetheless, differences in this process exist among governments worldwide, probably due to different contextual factors. This article examines and discusses the approach of Anglo-Saxon, South American and Con…
Smart City Research: Contextual Conditions, Governance Models, and Public Value Assessment
There are three issues that are crucial to advancing our academic understanding of smart cities: (1) contextual conditions, (2) governance models, and (3) the assessment of public value. A brief review of recent literature and the analysis of the included papers provide support for the assumption that cities cannot simply copy good practices but must develop approaches that fit their own situation ( contingency) and concord with their own organiz…
Citizens’ access to on-line governmental financial information: Practices in the European Union countries
E-Government and Public Financial Reporting: The Case of Spanish Regional Governments
Technology has changed the way public organizations relate to the public. Government's use of the Internet and other associated technologies, known as e-government, could become the instrument that makes regular timely information on public finances more forthcoming. New technologies can improve government responsiveness and empower individual citizens. By making government financial information available, the public could continuously assess a g…
Trends and challenges of e-government chatbots: Advances in exploring open government data and citizen participation content
In this paper, we propose a conceptual framework composed of a number of e-government, implementation and evaluation-oriented variables, with which we jointly analyze chatbots presented in the research literature and chatbots deployed as public services in Spain at national, regional and local levels. As a result of our holistic analysis, we identify and discuss current trends and challenges in the development and evaluation of chatbots in the pu…
Analysing the scientific evolution of e-Government using a science mapping approach
Analyzing Citizen Participation and Engagement in European Smart Cities
With the advent of smart cities (SCs), governance has been placed at the core of the debate on how to create public value and achieve a high quality of life in urban environments. In particular, given that public value is rooted in democratic theory and new technologies that promote networking spaces have emerged, citizen participation represents one of the principal instruments to make government open and close to the citizenry needs. Participat…
Understanding e-government research: A perspective from the information and library science field of knowledge
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consolidate existing knowledge and provide a deeper understanding of e-government research for assisting researchers in the development of their future analyses, identifying trends of research and the methodology used. Design/methodology/approach – A bibliometric approach has been used to examine e-government research in periodical publications listed in ISI in the field of information science and library…
Could fair value accounting be useful, under NPM models, for users of financial information
International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) are an essential quality-control factor for Public Sector Accounting Systems in European Union member states. The compliance of the latter systems with IPSAS could be influenced to a large degree by perceptions of how useful these standards are in enabling the needs of financial information users to be met. Therefore, the aim of this article is to investigate the capability of fair value ac…
Identifying patterns and recommendations of and for sustainable open data initiatives: A benchmarking-driven analysis of open government data initiatives among European countries
The influence of political factors in policymakers' perceptions on the implementation of Web 2.0 technologies for citizen participation and knowledge sharing in public sector delivery
Public administration is being pressured for innovation, driving service delivery towards a more personalized, outcome-driven, participative, efficient and collaborative model. In this regard, Web 2.0 technologies are potential powerful tools for sup
Sustainable open data ecosystems in smart cities: A platform theory-based analysis of 19 European cities
Factors in the adoption of open government initiatives in Spanish local governments
The Open Government Data (OGD) projects have spread rapidly in recent years, given that they involve a great transformative potential, whose aims to guarantee transparent government and stimulate the participation and citizenry engagement. It seems that there is a lack of studies analysing factors regarding both the access to OG projects and the volume and format of data published into OGD projects. Therefore, this paper seeks to identify main fa…
The effects of contextual factors into different features of financial transparency at the municipal level
Online disclosure of university social responsibility: A comparative study of public and private US universities
Public and private universities tasked with incorporating principles of social responsibility (SR) into their activities face the multiple challenges of addressing expectations of diverse stakeholders, establishing mechanisms for dialogue, and achieving greater information transparency. This article has two goals: first, to analyze whether SR has become an essential element in activities associated with university accountability, information tran…
Regulation as both enabler of technology use and global competitive tool: The Gibraltar case
Mapping potential impact areas of Blockchain use in the public sector
While the financial sector was the first to investigate the potential of Blockchain, and in more general terms, Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), with an initial focus on digital currencies including cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ether, the study of potential uses of this technology is gradually expanding to also include other areas of application including public-sector applications. Academic and non-academic publications on the subjec…
Political determinants in the strategic planning formulation of smart initiatives
Governments increasingly promote the adoption of smart initiatives based on the intensive use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to face urban challenges and improve the quality of life of citizens. Multiple styles of smart initiatives have been developed, depending on the government leadership, the level of participation, collaboration, and involvement of stakeholders and institutions in public decision-taking processes. In thi…
Governance Models for the Delivery of Public Services Through the Web 2.0 Technologies: A Political View in Large Spanish Municipalities
The growing participation in social networking sites is altering the nature of social relations and changing the nature of political and public dialogue. This article contributes to the current debate on Web 2.0 technologies and their implications for local governance through the identification of governance models to be adopted by local governments if Web 2.0 technologies are implemented for providing public services. Also, this article analyzes…
Online Budget Transparency in OECD Member Countries and Administrative Culture
The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development emphasizes the e-government process as a tool for promoting budget transparency making all fiscal reports publicly available on the Internet. Nonetheless, the particular approach adopted to New Public Management models may influence different policies concerning the concepts of information quality and transparency. Based on an administrative culture approach, the aim of this article is to…
The financial sustainability of public services as an instrument to combat depopulation in small and medium-sized municipalities
Strategic alignment of open government initiatives in Andalusia
The emergence of information and communication technologies (ICTs) has put emphasis on the open government approach (OG), provoking a cultural change in both the citizenry (demanding new ways of collaborating with public administration and more openness in government), and in the public administrations (adapting their structures and processes to support civic participation). This article analyzes both the strategies followed by local governments …
Análisis bibliométrico sobre la implementación de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación en las administraciones públicas: Aportaciones y oportunidades de investigación
En la actualidad el e-Gobierno es considerado uno de los principales temas incluidos en las agendas gubernamentales, parte central de la transformación de las administraciones públicas, e innovación en la gestión y rendición de cuentas. Aunque muchas han sido las investigaciones llevadas a cabo sobre esta temática desde diferentes perspectivas, no existe aún una clara justificación percibida por los expertos de su necesidad en procesos de reforma…
Citizens’ access to on-line governmental financial information: Practices in the European Union countries
Cultural contexts and governmental digital reporting
The way in which public sector entities disseminate information publicly is affected by the degree of transparency adopted, and the construction and management of websites are increasingly essential elements of modern public administration. Nonetheless, differences in this process exist among governments worldwide, probably due to different contextual factors. This article examines and discusses the approach of Anglo-Saxon, South American and Con…
E-Government and Public Financial Reporting: The Case of Spanish Regional Governments
Technology has changed the way public organizations relate to the public. Government's use of the Internet and other associated technologies, known as e-government, could become the instrument that makes regular timely information on public finances more forthcoming. New technologies can improve government responsiveness and empower individual citizens. By making government financial information available, the public could continuously assess a g…
Could fair value accounting be useful, under NPM models, for users of financial information
International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) are an essential quality-control factor for Public Sector Accounting Systems in European Union member states. The compliance of the latter systems with IPSAS could be influenced to a large degree by perceptions of how useful these standards are in enabling the needs of financial information users to be met. Therefore, the aim of this article is to investigate the capability of fair value ac…
Online disclosure of university social responsibility: A comparative study of public and private US universities
Public and private universities tasked with incorporating principles of social responsibility (SR) into their activities face the multiple challenges of addressing expectations of diverse stakeholders, establishing mechanisms for dialogue, and achieving greater information transparency. This article has two goals: first, to analyze whether SR has become an essential element in activities associated with university accountability, information tran…
Understanding e-government research: A perspective from the information and library science field of knowledge
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consolidate existing knowledge and provide a deeper understanding of e-government research for assisting researchers in the development of their future analyses, identifying trends of research and the methodology used. Design/methodology/approach – A bibliometric approach has been used to examine e-government research in periodical publications listed in ISI in the field of information science and library…
Smart Governance: Using a Literature Review and Empirical Analysis to Build a Research Model
The attention for Smart governance, a key aspect of Smart cities, is growing, but our conceptual understanding of it is still limited. This article fills this gap in our understanding by exploring the concept of Smart governance both theoretically and empirically and developing a research model of Smart governance. On the basis of a systematic review of the literature defining elements, aspired outcomes and implementation strategies are identifie…
Governance Models for the Delivery of Public Services Through the Web 2.0 Technologies: A Political View in Large Spanish Municipalities
The growing participation in social networking sites is altering the nature of social relations and changing the nature of political and public dialogue. This article contributes to the current debate on Web 2.0 technologies and their implications for local governance through the identification of governance models to be adopted by local governments if Web 2.0 technologies are implemented for providing public services. Also, this article analyzes…
Smart City Research: Contextual Conditions, Governance Models, and Public Value Assessment
There are three issues that are crucial to advancing our academic understanding of smart cities: (1) contextual conditions, (2) governance models, and (3) the assessment of public value. A brief review of recent literature and the analysis of the included papers provide support for the assumption that cities cannot simply copy good practices but must develop approaches that fit their own situation ( contingency) and concord with their own organiz…
Online Budget Transparency in OECD Member Countries and Administrative Culture
The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development emphasizes the e-government process as a tool for promoting budget transparency making all fiscal reports publicly available on the Internet. Nonetheless, the particular approach adopted to New Public Management models may influence different policies concerning the concepts of information quality and transparency. Based on an administrative culture approach, the aim of this article is to…
The influence of political factors in policymakers' perceptions on the implementation of Web 2.0 technologies for citizen participation and knowledge sharing in public sector delivery
Public administration is being pressured for innovation, driving service delivery towards a more personalized, outcome-driven, participative, efficient and collaborative model. In this regard, Web 2.0 technologies are potential powerful tools for sup
Governing the smart city: A review of the literature on smart urban governance
Academic attention to smart cities and their governance is growing rapidly, but the fragmentation in approaches makes for a confusing debate. This article brings some structure to the debate by analyzing a corpus of 51 publications and mapping their variation. The analysis shows that publications differ in their emphasis on (1) smart technology, smart people or smart collaboration as the defining features of smart cities, (2) a transformative or …
The Effect of Changes in Public Sector Accounting Policies on Administrative Reforms Addressed to Citizens
Changes in financial reporting systems are relevant to the usefulness of governmental financial reporting in implementing New Public Management (NPM) reforms. The International Public Sector Accounting Standards, published by the International Federation of Accountants, seeks to improve the financial information reported. The aim of this paper is to analyze whether Fair Value Accounting (FVA) could improve the usefulness of governmental financial…
Risk Factors and Drivers of Financial Sustainability in Local Government: An Empirical Study
The current international crisis in public finances has made financial sustainability a key issue for governments. Although the European Union (EU) and other international organisations have recommended governments to monitor demographic and economic variables, few studies have considered the influence of these variables on financial sustainability. This paper seeks to identify and analyse the drivers and risk factors that influence the financial…
Financial incentives and open government: A meta-analysis
The economic crisis has highlighted the need to pay close attention to the disclosure of financial information by public administrations. The present paper seeks to analyse the financial determinants that researchers have often considered in the main
Transparency in Governments: A Meta-Analytic Review of Incentives for Digital Versus Hard-Copy Public Financial Disclosures
Prior research has indicated that information transparency in governments depends on institutional and environmental factors. Nonetheless, previous studies show heterogeneity in the results, and the academic researchers cannot make consistent conclusions. It makes it difficult to know the behavior of governments regarding their information policies. Therefore, making use of meta-analysis techniques, we integrate the empirical results reported by …
Analysing the scientific evolution of e-Government using a science mapping approach
The effects of contextual factors into different features of financial transparency at the municipal level
Análisis bibliométrico sobre la implementación de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación en las administraciones públicas: Aportaciones y oportunidades de investigación
En la actualidad el e-Gobierno es considerado uno de los principales temas incluidos en las agendas gubernamentales, parte central de la transformación de las administraciones públicas, e innovación en la gestión y rendición de cuentas. Aunque muchas han sido las investigaciones llevadas a cabo sobre esta temática desde diferentes perspectivas, no existe aún una clara justificación percibida por los expertos de su necesidad en procesos de reforma…
Analyzing Citizen Participation and Engagement in European Smart Cities
With the advent of smart cities (SCs), governance has been placed at the core of the debate on how to create public value and achieve a high quality of life in urban environments. In particular, given that public value is rooted in democratic theory and new technologies that promote networking spaces have emerged, citizen participation represents one of the principal instruments to make government open and close to the citizenry needs. Participat…
Regulation as both enabler of technology use and global competitive tool: The Gibraltar case
Mapping potential impact areas of Blockchain use in the public sector
While the financial sector was the first to investigate the potential of Blockchain, and in more general terms, Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), with an initial focus on digital currencies including cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ether, the study of potential uses of this technology is gradually expanding to also include other areas of application including public-sector applications. Academic and non-academic publications on the subjec…
Factors in the adoption of open government initiatives in Spanish local governments
The Open Government Data (OGD) projects have spread rapidly in recent years, given that they involve a great transformative potential, whose aims to guarantee transparent government and stimulate the participation and citizenry engagement. It seems that there is a lack of studies analysing factors regarding both the access to OG projects and the volume and format of data published into OGD projects. Therefore, this paper seeks to identify main fa…
Political determinants in the strategic planning formulation of smart initiatives
Governments increasingly promote the adoption of smart initiatives based on the intensive use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to face urban challenges and improve the quality of life of citizens. Multiple styles of smart initiatives have been developed, depending on the government leadership, the level of participation, collaboration, and involvement of stakeholders and institutions in public decision-taking processes. In thi…
Strategic alignment of open government initiatives in Andalusia
The emergence of information and communication technologies (ICTs) has put emphasis on the open government approach (OG), provoking a cultural change in both the citizenry (demanding new ways of collaborating with public administration and more openness in government), and in the public administrations (adapting their structures and processes to support civic participation). This article analyzes both the strategies followed by local governments …
Business (28 works) · Political science (25 works) · E-Government and Public Services (24 works) · Public relations (17 works) · Computer Science (16 works) · Government (linguistics (14 works) · Smart Cities and Technologies (14 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Economics (11 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (11 works)