Towards open data based business: Survey on usage of open data in digital services

Immonen, Anne; Palviainen, Marko; Ovaska, Eila

doi:10.17722/ijrbt.v4i1.197

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“…However, opening data requires a big change in a company's business. The lack of knowledge on the benefits of opening data, the lack of business models and the lack of new 1 http://open-data.europa.eu/en operation models are the main obstacles that explain why companies are not currently motivated to open their own data [2]. The developers of digital services and applications could greatly benefit from the business opportunities of open data.…”

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Requirements of an Open Data Based Business Ecosystem

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Emerging opportunities for open data based business have been recognized around the world. Open data can provide new business opportunities for actors that provide data, for actors that consume data, and for actors that develop innovative services and applications around the data. Open data based business requires business models and a collaborative environment-called an ecosystem-to support businesses based on open data, services, and applications. This paper outlines the open data ecosystem (ODE) from the business viewpoint and then defines the requirements of such an ecosystem. The outline and requirements are based on the state-of-the-art knowledge explored from the literature and the state of the practice on databased business in the industry collected through interviews. The interviews revealed several motives and advantages of the ODE. However, there are also obstacles that should be carefully considered and solved. This paper defines the actors of the ODE and their roles in the ecosystem as well as the business model elements and services that are needed in open data based business. According to the interviews, the interest in open data and open data ecosystems is high at this moment. However, further research work is required to establish and validate the ODE in the near future. INDEX TERMSBusiness ecosystem, open data.

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“…This section combines and refines the earlier work of the authors on open data based business ecosystems (Immonen et al 2014;Immonen et al 2013), digital service ecosystems (Immonen et al 2015b), and the quality evaluation of open data (Immonen et al 2015a) (see Section 2.2), and it introduces the main concepts of the Evolvable Open Data based digital service Ecosystem (EODE). Interesting and certified open data is a key enabler in the EODE.…”

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“…While examining the usage of open data in Finland, industry interviews were performed in 2013 pertaining to open data in business (Immonen et al 2014;Immonen et al 2013). It was discovered that there exists huge interest in open data and its exploitation in business.…”

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“…In our initial research on open data (Immonen et al 2014;Immonen et al 2013) collected with the help of interviews of industry representatives and the motives and challenges of acting in the open data ecosystem were identified. Altogether, 11 industry representatives participated in the interviews, including ecosystem actors such as data providers, application developers, infrastructure providers, and application users.…”

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“…According to the survey on the state of the practice among industry (Immonen et al 2014;Immonen et al 2013), quality assurance of open data is the biggest obstacle for its exploitation in digital service development. The contribution of this research is to specify the concept of an open data based digital service ecosystem (called the EODE concept), in which the ecosystem ensures the quality of open data utilized in digital services.…”

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The opportunities of open data have been recently recognized among companies in different domains. Digital service providers have increasingly been interested in the possibilities of innovating new ideas and services around open data. Digital service ecosystems provide several advantages for service developers, enabling the service co-innovation and co-creation among ecosystem members utilizing and sharing common assets and knowledge.The utilization of open data in digital services requires new innovation practices, service development models, and a collaboration environment. These can be provided by the ecosystem. However, since open data can be almost anything and originate from different kinds of data sources, the quality of data becomes the key issue. The new challenge for service providers is how to guarantee the quality of open data. In the ecosystems, uncertain data quality poses major challenges. The main contribution of this paper is the concept of the Evolvable Open Data based digital service Ecosystem (EODE), which defines the kinds of knowledge and services that are required for validating open data in digital service ecosystems. Thus, the EODE provides business potential for open data and digital service providers, as well as other actors around open data. The ecosystem capability model, knowledge management models, and the taxonomy of services to support the open data quality certification are described. Data quality certification confirms that the open data is trustworthy and its quality is good enough to be accepted for the usage of the ecosystem's services. The five-phase open data quality certification process, according to which open data is brought to the ecosystem and certified for the usage of the digital service ecosystem members using the knowledge models and support services of the ecosystem, is also described. The initial experiences of the Software Qual J (2018)

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Towards open data based business: Survey on usage of open data in digital services

Cited by 15 publications

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