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Regulation governance in the digital era: A new research agenda
Author(s) -
Dutil Patrice,
Williams Julie
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
canadian public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.361
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1754-7121
pISSN - 0008-4840
DOI - 10.1111/capa.12226
Subject(s) - leverage (statistics) , agile software development , digital revolution , corporate governance , digital government , state (computer science) , political science , business , government (linguistics) , digital transformation , public relations , public administration , computer science , management , economics , law , linguistics , philosophy , finance , algorithm , machine learning
Abstract The digital era presents governments with a triple regulatory challenge: monitoring new activities arising out of the digital revolution; adopting digital technologies to proactively detect and address risky behaviours; and responding to calls for a more agile regulation that abandons ineffective practices and standards and adopts new ones as circumstances change. Focusing on how the state governed regulation, either alone, through agencies or through networks or partnerships, this article sets out a research agenda that may lead to a greater understanding of how government can respond to and leverage the digital era in the area of regulation.