Enhancing business entrepreneurship through open government data

Abstract

Small and medium enterprises play a very important role in today’s economy and contribute heavily on a national economy specially in developing countries like Jordan, but they are still facing many challenges, and need support from government specially in data availability. This study aimed to know the impact of open government data (OGD) on business entrepreneur-ship from Jordanian Irbid State entrepreneurs’ point view. To achieve this, (600) questionnaires were distributed to the sample of Jordanian entrepreneurs in Irbid state and (536) valid questionnaires were recovered. The study indicates that OGD and entrepreneurship had a moderate level. There is a significant statistical effect of OGD on business entrepreneurship (α ≤ 0.05) in Jordanian SMEs Irbid state. At the end researchers recommend government and entrepreneurs to adopt OGD as a strategy to maximize benefits gained from open government data strategy, improve the quality of published data, and recommended entrepreneurs to increase the level of relying on OGD to get information about materials, markets, competitors, legislations and so on to get benefits for their companies.

Configurational path of successful entrepreneurship based on open government data: a QCA analysis

“…In OGD-based entrepreneurial activities, the performance of data demanders in applying government data is subject to a combination of multiple factors, including data quality, timeliness and completeness (Malkawi et al , 2021; Liang et al , 2018; Saxena and Janssen, 2017). According to a survey by Open Data Barometer in 2017, a large amount of government data is not available to the public, so, for instance, only 8% of data could be used for innovation (e.g.…”

“…Since its launch in 2009, Data.gov has established many big data start-ups relying on OGD. An empirical study on Jordanian start-ups also showed that OGD significantly impacts local entrepreneurship (Malkawi et al , 2021). China has the world’s largest and most complex data pool, and the Chinese Government is paying more attention to open data year by year and actively constructing big data resource platforms (Zhang et al , 2022).…”

“…Thus, what conditions are required for OGD-based start-ups to achieve high entrepreneurial performance is a research question worth exploring. While some studies have found that OGD-based entrepreneurship’s success is subject to many factors (Malkawi et al , 2021; McBride et al , 2019), few studies have explored the configurational effects of these factors. Given this, this study uses the fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to explore the pathways to improve entrepreneurship performance of OGD-based start-ups.…”

The preferred leadership styles in vocational training corporations: Case of Jordan

“…A proficient leader believes that organizational success can be accomplished only by group work and collaboration with others, allowing opportunities for training and sharpening their skills, and rewarding their performance towards the flourish and progress of the organization. To implement these functions, a leader must be able to apply the behavioral and managerial practices using wise and smart approaches that are based on emotional intelligence, flexible personality traits, and authorization of powers that reflect distinctive individual and institutional performance in general (Malkawi et al, 2021).…”