Utilization of open government data: A systematic literature review of types, conditions, effects and users

Safarov, Igbal; Meijer, Albert; Grimmelikhuijsen, Stephan

doi:10.3233/ip-160012

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“…Furthermore, how effects of innovation barriers vary across different types of OGD users is poorly understood. In line with recent calls for studies on links between OGD user types and the effects of OGD use (Safarov et al, 2017), we argue that OGD-related research must seriously consider the heterogeneity among OGD users. Users are not homogenous in terms of for instance resources and knowledge.…”

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Barriers to innovating with open government data: Exploring experiences across service phases and user types

Smith

Sandberg

2018

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Abstract. Open government data (OGD) can enable outbound open innovation (OI) that is beneficial to society. However, innovation barriers hinder OGD users from generating value. While previous studies have detailed a large number of such barriers, little is known of how different types of OGD users are affected, and when the barriers appear in their innovation processes. To this end, this paper describes a case study of distributed service development in the Swedish public transport sector. The contribution to extant research is twofold. Firstly, based on an inductive analysis, three OGD user archetypes are proposed: employees, entrepreneurs and hobbyists. Secondly, the study finds that the significance of distinct innovation barriers varies across phases of the services' lifecycles and depending on the OGD users' motivation, objective, pre-conditions and approach. Drawing on these insights, we propose that OGD initiatives aimed at facilitating outbound OI to a greater extent should address the barriers that appear during diffusion of innovations, the barriers that are not directly related to the OGD provision, and the barriers that are experienced by non-obvious OGD user groups.

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Barriers to innovating with open government data: Exploring experiences across service phases and user types

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Sandberg

2018

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“…Institutional support in the Netherlands was found to be relatively weaker, although open data activities are coordinated at the ministerial level. A recent systematic literature review revealed that the open data activities in the Netherlands have been well researched by scholars (Safarov, Meijer, & Grimmelikhuijsen, 2017). In conclusion, centralization in OGD governance yields better results, as the experience in the UK shows.…”

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Institutional Dimensions of Open Government Data Implementation: Evidence from the Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK

Safarov

2018

Public Performance & Management Review

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This article investigates the institutional dimensions that shape Open Government Data (OGD) implementation in three developed countries: the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Thirty-two expert interviews and document analysis were used to research OGD implementation practices. The results reveal that OGD implementation as such is not enough to ensure the sustainability and success of OGD adoption in a country. Five different dimensions should be distinguished: policy and strategy, legislative foundations, organizational arrangements, relevant skills, public support and awareness. The approach to the institutional dimensions differs between the countries. Centralized OGD governance is shown to yield better results and a higher level of OGD implementation. The contribution of the present study is twofold: first, the article introduces institutional dimensions for explaining OGD implementation; second, it presents a comparative analysis of best practices in the three developed countries. KEYWORDS institutional dimensions; open data; open data implementation; open government dataInformation technologies have created massive opportunities to collect and utilize data on nearly all activities of government bodies. The significance, benefits, and positive effects of open government data (OGD) are well recognized by many researchers (Zeleti, Ojo, & Curry, 2016). Studies showing that open data initiatives may promote proactive civic engagement, innovation, and democratic processes (Chan, 2013;Kassen, 2013;Linders, 2013) formed the basis for research into the benefits, policy issues, OGD infrastructure, availability and quality of data, and the skills required for OGD (Barry & Bannister, 2014;dos Santos Brito, da Silva Costa, Garcia, & de Lemos Meira, 2015;Dulong de Rosnay & Janssen, 2014). Access to public data is also considered a core building block in the public governance of new sociotechnological structures, such as smart cities (Meijer, 2017 Published with license by Taylor & Francis © 2018 Igbal Safarov This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. REVIEW 2019, VOL. 42, NO. 2, 305-328 Researchers have given increasing attention to the role of institutions in the implementation of innovations. Institutions also have become significant in innovation theory (Edquist & Johnson, 1997). Mueller, Rosenbusch, and Bausch (2013) highlight that institutional conditions have a major impact on the performance of innovations. The public innovation literature shows that the barriers and drivers of public innovations are shaped by institutions (Aagaard, 2012). Institutionalizing open data, using analytics and public performance reporting, and acknowledging data privacy are considered si...

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“…Moreover, literature exists within the research community that explores different factors that influence the use of Open Data by citizens [13]. There have been many systematic literature reviews on the technical side of Open Data, and topics include the usage of open government data [14], Open Data initiatives [15], the publishing of Open Data [16], and classification, perspectives, benefits, and barriers of Open Data [17]. However, the possibilities and opportunities for Open Data usage in the domain of education have largely been overlooked.…”

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Enterprise Architecture Oriented Requirements Engineering for the Design of a School Friendly Open Data Web Interface

Saddiqa¹,

Kirikova

Magnussen

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Open Data is considered a key to scientific innovations. These freely available datasets can also be used as a foundation to enhance the digital and data literacies among the younger generation of school pupils. This article presents the design and prototype of an Open Data web interface based on the Enterprise Architecture Oriented Requirements Engineering (EAORE) approach for Open Data usage as an educational resource in Danish public schools. We first systematically review the literature on Open Data use in educational fields and selected 14 research articles with a particular focus on the use of Open Data in the educational domain after prescribing an inclusion/exclusion criteria on 101 research articles identified initially. The review indicates that there is a gap between Open Data opportunities within the educational domain and in exploring the use of Open Data as a source to develop twenty-first-century skills, specifically digital and data literacies among younger school pupils. To fill this gap, we propose an EAORE approach that represents how Enterprise Architecture (EA) models can guide the overall Requirements Engineering (RE) process for the use of Open Data in Danish public schools. Based on these EA models, we designed the prototype of an Open Data web interface for schools.

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Utilization of open government data: A systematic literature review of types, conditions, effects and users

Cited by 226 publications

References 97 publications

Barriers to innovating with open government data: Exploring experiences across service phases and user types

Barriers to innovating with open government data: Exploring experiences across service phases and user types

Institutional Dimensions of Open Government Data Implementation: Evidence from the Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK

Enterprise Architecture Oriented Requirements Engineering for the Design of a School Friendly Open Data Web Interface

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