“Open Government Data” - based Business Models - A Market Consultation on the Relationship with Government in the Case of Mobility and Route-Planning Applications

Nils Walravens, Mathias Van Compernolle, Pieter Colpaert, Pieter Ballon, Peter Mechant, Erik Mannens

2016

Abstract

This paper explores the business potential of open government data in the domain of mobility. Open data is often touted as the go-to policy for government to pursue, but the actual returns of following such a strategy remain somewhat illusive and anecdotic. Based on a research project subsidised by the Flemish Department of Mobility and Public Works, this paper presents the results of a market consultation with diverse stakeholders. The goal is to better understand the attitudes, bottlenecks, expectations and requirements related to open data of market stakeholders, so that the government can devise strategies that support sustainable open data initiatives and its policy goals at the same time. The paper offers a framework towards analysing this. It concludes that structural and iterative dialogue is desirable, both from the perspective of the market and government, but that this perhaps obvious key component is often overlooked.

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Walravens N., Van Compernolle M., Colpaert P., Ballon P., Mechant P. and Mannens E. (2016). “Open Government Data” - based Business Models - A Market Consultation on the Relationship with Government in the Case of Mobility and Route-Planning Applications . In Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on e-Business and Telecommunications - Volume 2: ICE-B, (ICETE 2016) ISBN 978-989-758-196-0, pages 64-71. DOI: 10.5220/0005948300640071


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@conference{ice-b16,
author={Nils Walravens and Mathias Van Compernolle and Pieter Colpaert and Pieter Ballon and Peter Mechant and Erik Mannens},
title={“Open Government Data” - based Business Models - A Market Consultation on the Relationship with Government in the Case of Mobility and Route-Planning Applications},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on e-Business and Telecommunications - Volume 2: ICE-B, (ICETE 2016)},
year={2016},
pages={64-71},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005948300640071},
isbn={978-989-758-196-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on e-Business and Telecommunications - Volume 2: ICE-B, (ICETE 2016)
TI - “Open Government Data” - based Business Models - A Market Consultation on the Relationship with Government in the Case of Mobility and Route-Planning Applications
SN - 978-989-758-196-0
AU - Walravens N.
AU - Van Compernolle M.
AU - Colpaert P.
AU - Ballon P.
AU - Mechant P.
AU - Mannens E.
PY - 2016
SP - 64
EP - 71
DO - 10.5220/0005948300640071