Comparing the openness of archetypical business-to-government information sharing architectures: balancing advantages of openness with the control of risks

Business-to-government (B2G) information sharing can benefit government organisations, as well as businesses. Yet, businesses are often reluctant to share, as data sharing might not just provide benefits but also entails risks. Therefore, a system supporting B2G information sharing should provide the appropriate level of openness, such that the...

Regulatory compliance and over-compliant information sharing – Changes in the B2G landscape

Business-to-government information exchange has over the past decades greatly benefited from data exchange standards and inter-organisational systems. The data era enables a new shift in the type of information sharing; from formal reporting to opening up full (and big) data sets. This enables new analytics and insights by government, more...

What Belongs to Context?: A Definition, a Criterion and a Method for Deciding on What Context-Aware Systems Should Sense and Adapt to

Context-awareness refers to the ability to sense and adapt to context. With the rise of context-aware systems, designers are struggling with what variables should be sensed from the context. According to the definitions found in the literature, whether something belongs to context, has to do with whether it is relevant. However, what it means to...

A Blockchain Architecture for Reducing the Bullwhip Effect

Supply chain management is hampered by a lack of information sharing among partners. Information is not shared as organizations in the supply chain do not have direct contact and/or do not want to share competitive and privacy sensitive information. In addition, companies are often part of multiple supply chains and trading partners vary over...

Comparing a Shipping Information Pipeline with a Thick Flow and a Thin Flow

Advanced architectures for business-to-government (B2G) information sharing can benefit both businesses and government. An essential choice in the design of such an architecture is whether information is shared using a thick or a thin information flow. In an architecture with a thick flow, all information is shared via a shared infrastructure,...

Exploring factors that influence information sharing choices of organizations in networks

Organizations do not just decide on whether or not to exchange information digitally. In many cases, there are multiple alternative configurations of inter-organizational systems (IOS) that facilitate such information sharing. Although a lot is known about the factors that influence whether organizations do or do not adopt IOS, little is known...

Exploring factors that influence information sharing choices of organizations in networks

Organizations do not just decide on whether or not to exchange information digitally. In many cases, there are multiple alternative configurations of inter-organizational systems (IOS) that facilitate such information sharing. Although a lot is known about the factors that influence whether organizations do or do not adopt IOS, little is known...

Simulating public private networks as evolving systems

Public-private service networks (PPSN) consist of social and technology components. Development of PPSN is ill-understood as these are dependent on a complex mix of interactions among stakeholders and their technologies and is influenced by contemporary developments. The aim of this paper is to advance our understanding of PPSN by modeling its...

Enhancing business and government interactions in global trade

Government agencies and businesses cooperate and invest heavily to achieve reliable and secure global supply networks. A so-called data pipeline, which integrates data from various parties in the supply chain and incorporates data from new tracking and monitoring technologies, would enable real-time data management for businesses. This IT...

Simulation games for collaborative development in e-Government

Governments aim to improve service delivery to citizens and businesses and need to transform to accomplish efficiency savings and better customer orientation. This requires the coordination of dependencies among the various departments located in the frontend and backend of organizations, and might include interdependencies with external parties...