Public Gains from Open Data

Thorhildur JetzekPhD Fellow

Copenhagen Business School / KMD

Sustainable value

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Source: Den Ouden, 2012

M-O-A framework

Sustainable Value

Resource governance

Technical connectivity

Open access

Capabilities

Data-driven Innovation

Collective impact

Data-driven Efficiency

Transparency

Motivation

Enabling factors

Value generating mechanisms

Awareness and network

activity influence

Motivation

Easy access to valid, timely

and consistent data provides Opportunity

Data literacy and technical infrastructure

influence Ability

The key value driver is…

…the ability to make new connections

crossing existing boundaries

Neural networksInteractions between neurons and neuronal aggregations are most accurately described as networks (a combination of hierarchies and parallel processors) (Greenfield, 1995)

Specialized ”silos” offer certain local benefits – but for global value generation we need the connections

Open data infrastructure

Empower, encourage and motivate. Building infrastructure is a long term investment representing a big societal change. What do we want to accomplish?Supply side: remove legal, technical, semantic and organizational barriers to interoperability and re-useDemand side, consider access to technology and knowledge

Value generating mechanisms

Exploitation (better)

Exploration(new, different)

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∆ Transparency ∆ Collective impact

∆ Efficiency ∆ Innovation

Efficiency

Build bridges between units

Resulting in… A system of systems

Strengthenindividual units

Offering Liquid Open DataResulting in monetary savings for public and private users

Innovation• WHO (2013) estimates that the proportion of people living in urban areas

will be 70% by the year 2050• In 2012, estimated cost of traffic was around $820 pr. commuter in the U.S.

Inrix´s vision: "solve traffic worldwide"

• Connect crowdsourced data from GPS devices and smartphones to open government data like maps, traffic, construction

• Build products and services to sell on markets Help commuters and urban planners

Transparency

Connect datasets Inform

Drive accountability

• Pollution and global warming are one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century

Opower´s vision: “Enable anyone, anywhere to save

energy"

Collective impact

• Connect data from smart meters to open government data on energy consumption, weather, demographics, property, location

• Disseminate information Empower people to change behavior

Thank you!

Questions?