Abstract
Data platforms are the keystone of the data economy. When opened up, data platforms allow data owners, data consumers and third parties to interact. Yet, openness may also harm business and societal interests. Literature on platform openness does not cover data platforms, and data economy scholars rarely study platform openness. Therefore, this paper develops a research agenda on the openness of data platforms. We explore how data platforms differ from conventional digital platforms (e.g., software platforms). From those differentiating characteristics, we identify areas for future work: (1) The specific characteristics of data require reconceptualizing the object of platform openness; (2) New ways in which data platforms can be opened should be conceptualized; (3) As data platforms are tailored to specific industries, platform-to-platform openness should be a novel unit of analysis; (4) Because opening up data platforms create novel risks, new reasons to (not) open up data platforms should be studied.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | DE 2022 - Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Data Economy, Part of CoNEXT 2022 |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
Pages | 34-41 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450399234 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4503-9923-4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Event | International Workshop on Data Economy - Rome, Italy Duration: 9 Dec 2022 → … Conference number: 1 |
Publication series
Name | DE 2022 - Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Data Economy, Part of CoNEXT 2022 |
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Conference
Conference | International Workshop on Data Economy |
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Abbreviated title | DE '22 |
Country/Territory | Italy |
City | Rome |
Period | 9/12/22 → … |
Keywords
- Data platform
- Data marketplace
- Platform openness
- Data ecosystem