Value of digital information networks: A holonic framework

The extraordinary level of interest worldwide in Digital Information Networks (DINs)’ deployment is due to the strong perception that they bring economic, social and environmental value. However, scientific attempts to evidence this perception lead to speculative, elusive or limited conclusions. In this thesis, we propose a novel framework to...

Model for Trans-sector Digital Interoperability

Interoperability refers to the ability of two or more systems or components to exchange information and to use the information that has been exchanged. The importance of interoperability has grown together with the adoption of Digital Information Networks (DINs). DINs refer to information networks supported by telecommunication infrastructures...

The Origin of Value Through Information Networks: A Preliminary Framework from an Evolutionary Holonic Perspective

The worldwide extraordinary level of interest in digital information networks deployment among nations is due to the strong perception that they bring economic, social and environmental value. Our literature review on studies aiming at clarifying the value of information networks, led us to conclude that these studies take speculative, elusive...

Towards Systematic Development of Trans-sector Digital Innovations

Digital Information Networks (DINs) connect all economic and societal sectors, bringing within reach all kinds of novel trans-sector digital innovations: innovations involving multiple sectors enabled by DINs. This paper describes a framework to conceptualise novel trans-sector digital innovations. Our motivation for this work is to systematise...

Towards a Framework to Analyze Causal Relations From Digital Information Networks To Micro Economic Productivity

Digital Information Networks (DINs) refer to information networks supported by telecommunication infrastructures and terminated by microprocessors. In the recent past, there is a consolidated recognition that the public digital network infrastructure is of high economic importance, being generally recognized as one of the pillars of the...