Viable Service Design Method for Earth Observation Applications: Developing a method for the design of viable services for applications using on big and open earth observation data as a resource

The publicly funded ESA Copernicus and NASA Landsat earth observation programs are publishing their data as open data in the promise of 30 billion euro of financial benefit for the EU as well as 50.000 new jobs, both by 2023. The move by these two space agencies fits in a larger pattern of ‘new space’, in which the launch and exploitation of...

An explorative study on blockchain technology in application to port logistics

Over eight years from its conception, Blockchain is considered as a ground-breaking innovation in information technology. The technology’s promises of complete disintermediation and enhanced process visibility turned supply chain and logistics into a fertile ground for a blockchain potential implementation. Despite these high expectations, both...

Blockchain Technology for Governmental Processes: The Design of a Blockchain Assessment Tool: a Design Science Approach

The European Union is exploring the possibilities of blockchain for their services and processes as a bottom-up approach to the coordination of citizens and economic administrators. However, the multi-actor complexity and the systems complexity of blockchain technology makes decision-making in this subject a difficult task, resulting in a...

Factors affecting Standard Dominance in the battle between EDIFACT versus XBRL Data Exchange Standards in India

Companies and governments use information technology standards to conduct data exchange, the concept being called Business to Government (B2G) data exchange. Companies use these standards to report their financial and business data to the government and governments collect these data for regulatory purposes. This research analyses two such...