Defining, Conceptualising and Measuring the Digital Economy

Bukht, Rumana; Heeks, Richard

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3431732

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“…But online platforms are excluded from this sector, and digitalized economy has been added to digital economy. Moreover, Industry 4.0 and precision agribusiness are combined with e-commerce and network business (Bukh and Heeks, 2017). Such a strange mixture of radically different industries is also a consequence of the highest complexity of digital economy and its continued rapid development.…”

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Regulatory Policy for Digital Economy: Holistic Institutional Framework

Frolov¹,

Lavrentyeva²

2019

Montenegrin Journal of Economics

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The article analyzes the nature and specificity of digital economy as an object of regulation from the standpoint of institutional methodology. It reveals the logic of digital economy evolution and its internal contradictions. The authors hold comparative analysis of approaches to defining the essence and forms, functions and structure of digital economy. The categorical apparatus of the theory of digital economy is specified and supplemented. We proposed a conceptual model of a multi-level transition of the economy to a digital development scenario. The conceptual recommendations on the development of the digital economy regulation system are presented. We propose to distinguish between digital and digitized sectors, which cover the industries directly and indirectly related to digital technologies and products. As an indication we proposed to highlight the institutional and companyspecific digital sector. The conclusion was made about the importance of creating an institutional environment using hybrid institutions based on a combination of algorithmic and traditional law in a multilevel format and in the mode of experiments like regulatory sandboxes, legal foresight, public discussion. JEL classification:B52.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Regulatory Policy for Digital Economy: Holistic Institutional Framework

Frolov¹,

Lavrentyeva²

2019

Montenegrin Journal of Economics

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“…The "digital economy" is viewed as a vague concept surrounding a set of industries, a set of outputs (products and services), a set of inputs, production and distribution platforms that are used at varying intensities across the global economy as a whole (Coyle, 1999). This study adopts the definition of Bukht and Heeks (2017) which asserts that the digital economy is "that part of economic output derived solely or primarily from digital technologies with a business model based on digital goods or services". Using this definition in this paper provides the flexibility of incorporating all digital business models, as well as digital innovations.…”

Section: Review Of Digital Enterprises Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

When the mobile app is free, the product is your personal data

Polykalas

Prezerakos

2019

DPRG

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Purpose-Mobile devices (smartphones, tables etc.) have become the de facto means of accessing the internet. While traditional Web browsing is still quite popular, significant interaction takes place via native mobile apps that can be downloaded either freely or at a cost. This has opened the door to a number of issues related to privacy protection since the smartphone stores and processes personal data. The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent of access to personal data, required by the most popular mobile apps available in Google Play store. In addition, it is examined whether the relevant procedure is in accordance with the provisions of the new EU Regulation. Design/methodology/approach-The paper examines more than a thousand mobile apps, available from the Google Play store, with respect to the extent of the requests for access to personal data. In particular, for each available category in Google Play store, the most popular mobile apps have been examined both for free and paid apps. In addition, the permissions required by free and paid mobile apps are compared. Furthermore, a correlation analysis is carried out aiming to reveal any correlation between the extent of required access to personal data and the popularity and the rating of each mobile app. Findings-The findings of this paper suggest that the majority of examined mobile apps require access to personal data to a high extent. In addition, it is found that free mobile apps request access to personal data in a higher extent compared to the relevant requests by paid apps, which indicates strongly that the business model of free mobile apps is based on personal data exploitation. The most popular types of access permissions are revealed for both free and paid apps. In addition, important questions are raised in relation to user awareness and behavior, data minimization and purpose limitation for free and paid mobile apps. Originality/value-In this study, the process and the extent of access to personal data through mobile apps are analyzed. Although several studies analyzed relevant issues in the past, the originality of this research is mainly based on the following facts: first, this work took into account the recent Regulation of the EU in relation to personal data (GDPR); second, the authors analyzed a high number of the most popular mobile apps (more than a thousand); and third, the authors compare and analyze the different approaches followed between free and paid mobile apps.

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“…The review of the contemporary academic literature on the issues of the research shows that the conceptual foundations of the study of the digital economy are in the stage of formation because of the novelty of this phenomenon. R. Bukh & R. Heeks [4], C. Dahlmahn, S. Mealy, M. Wermelinger [5], R. Geissbauer, J. Vedso, S. Schrauf [6], R. Neeks [7], J.-S. Guy [8], S. Rappitsch [1], Richardson & Bissell [2], K. Schwab [9] have contributed to more deeper understanding the origin and the formation of this phenomenon.…”

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New paradigm of social development in the context of digital economy

Ten

Трифонов

2019

SHS Web Conf.

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The relevance of the research is connected to the fact that in the context of the coming era of the industrial revolution 4.0, the globalization of the economy is the irreversible process that it involves more and more countries, regions and peoples. The authors guess that the digital economy is one of the consequences of the globalization of the world economy. The key idea consists in the suggestion that the digital economy constructs a basis for shaping new type of global human civilization. The goal of the study is the interdisciplinary analysis of the impacts of the digital economy on changing the paradigm of social development. One of the important results of the research is the thesis that the increasing the influence of the digital technologies on the social and economic life of people are changing model of thinking and behavior of contemporary peoples. The authors come to the conclusion that in the space of the digital economy the information and communication technologies contribute to break the traditional value system of society. The authors note that such values as information, mobility, speed, sociability, comfort, time saving, quality of services-begin to dominate the consciousness and behavior of a person in the context of digitalization of socio-economic life. It is revealed that these values are included in the field of the philosophical concept of pragmatism. These values are focused on obtaining mainly material benefits. The authors substantiate the need to develop the academic discussion about the risk of leveling traditional spiritual values, which for centuries were formed the meaning and value of human existence in society and nature.

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Defining, Conceptualising and Measuring the Digital Economy

Cited by 419 publications

References 5 publications

Regulatory Policy for Digital Economy: Holistic Institutional Framework

Regulatory Policy for Digital Economy: Holistic Institutional Framework

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New paradigm of social development in the context of digital economy

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