Emerging business models for the open data industry: Characterization and analysis

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Abstract

Business models for open data have emerged in response to the economic opportunities presented by the increasing availability of open data. However, scholarly efforts providing elaborations, rigorous analysis and comparison of open data models are very limited. This could be partly attributed to the fact that most discussions on open data business models are predominantly in the practice community. This shortcoming has resulted in a growing list of open data business models which, on closer examination, are not clearly delineated and lack clear value orientation. We address this problem by 1) consolidating reported open data business models in both academic and practice literature, 2) describe the models based on a business model framework, and 3) determine open data business models patterns. In addition, we identified the emerging core value disciplines for open data businesses. Our results help to streamline existing useful models, and link them to the overall business strategy through value disciplines.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationdg.o 2014 - Proceedings of the 15th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research - Open Innovations and Sustainable Development in Government
Subtitle of host publicationExperiences from Around the World
Publisher Association for Computing Machinery
Pages215-226
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9781450329019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event15th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, dg.o 2014 - Aguascalientes, Mexico
Duration: 18 Jun 201421 Jun 2014

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference15th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, dg.o 2014
Country/TerritoryMexico
CityAguascalientes
Period18/06/1421/06/14

Keywords

  • Business model framework
  • Business models
  • Open data business models
  • Open data industry
  • Values disciplines

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