Digitalization of revenue mobilization in an emerging economy: the new Institutional Theory perspective

This study sought to explore how the institutional environment comprising regulative, normative, and cognitive factors influences the use of technology in revenue mobilization in the public sector of an emerging economy. The study used the new institutional theory as a theoretical lens and a qualitative case study as a methodological stance. Data was collected from the agency in charge of revenue mobilization in the developing economy through interviews. The study established that regulative, normative and cognitive factors influence the digitalization of revenue mobilization. With regards to the regulative pillar, it was revealed that legislation for a revenue authority with a focus on digitalization, legislation for taxpayer identification and legislation for electronic transactions were laws that governed the use of the system and played essential roles in ensuring that the system was used effectively to fully realize its benefits. The cognitive pillar, on the other hand, revealed some challenges faced with the implementation and use of the digital system. The study contributes to the literature on the digitalization of revenue mobilization, which has arguably seen very few studies conducted in Africa, especially in Ghana, hence calling for more future studies on the use of e-revenue systems in developing economies

Digitalization of revenue mobilization in an emerging economy: the new Institutional Theory perspective

This study sought to explore how the institutional environment comprising regulative, normative, and cognitive factors influences the use of technology in revenue mobilization in the public sector of an emerging economy. The study used the new institutional theory as a theoretical lens and a qualitative case study as a methodological stance. Data was collected from the agency in charge of revenue mobilization in the developing economy through interviews. The study established that regulative, normative and cognitive factors influence the digitalization of revenue mobilization. With regards to the regulative pillar, it was revealed that legislation for a revenue authority with a focus on digitalization, legislation for taxpayer identification and legislation for electronic transactions were laws that governed the use of the system and played essential roles in ensuring that the system was used effectively to fully realize its benefits. The cognitive pillar, on the other hand, revealed some challenges faced with the implementation and use of the digital system. The study contributes to the literature on the digitalization of revenue mobilization, which has arguably seen very few studies conducted in Africa, especially in Ghana, hence calling for more future studies on the use of e-revenue systems in developing economies

Optimizing the performance of the advanced encryption standard techniques for secured data transmission

Information security has emerged as a critical concern in data communications. The use of cryptographic methods is one approach for ensuring data security. A cryptography implementation often consists of complex algorithms that are used to secure the data. Several security techniques, including the Data Encryption Standard (DES), Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES), Twofish, Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA), Elliptic curve cryptography, and many others, have been created and are used in the data encryption process. However, the Advanced Encryption Standard (Rijndael) has received a lot of attention recently due to its effectiveness and level of security. To increase the scope of AES's numerous uses, it is crucial to develop high-performance AES. To enhance the processing time of AES methods, the research provided solution performance of the AES algorithm. This includes additional layers of encoding, decoding, shrinking and expansion techniques of the analysis that was performed. Data findings are produced for further actions based on the outcome