Governing Platforms in the Internet of Things

Schreieck, Maximilian; Hakes, Christoph; Wiesche, Manuel; Krcmar, Helmut

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“…In the context of data sharing in ecosystems, data governance entails who owns data, how data can be processed, and who can access data under what conditions [27]. Within the context of IoT, data governance is assumed to be of great importance, as IoT data are typically highly detailed on each part of a production process, which makes it highly sensitive [31], [32].…”

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The Role of Ecosystem Data Governance in Adoption of Data Platforms by Internet-of-Things Data Providers: Case of Dutch Horticulture Industry

Prieëlle

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Rezaei

2022

IEEE Trans. Eng. Manage.

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Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices produce massive amounts of data, which are especially valuable when shared between businesses. However, adoption of platforms that facilitate IoT data sharing is still low. Generic literature on interorganizational systems suggests a plethora of adoption factors, but typically focuses on data sharing between pairs of organizations. In a context of ecosystems, data governance becomes important, but its relative importance as an adoption factor is yet unclear. In this article, we examine the perception of IoT data providers regarding the relative importance of ecosystem data governance as an adoption factor, in comparison with generic adoption factors. Our study is situated in the horticulture domain, where data sharing potentially is highly valuable. We conduct a multicriteria decision-analysis survey using the best-worst method, complemented with interviews for interpreting findings. We find that businesses consider a large variety of factors equally important. Ecosystem data governance is in the middle-range, whereas factors like benefits and readiness are most important. At the same time, out of all adoption factors that platform providers can control directly, ecosystem data governance ranks among the highest. Our findings are important for informing data platform operators on what design issues to consider, in order to attract data owners. Index Terms-Information management. I. INTRODUCTION I NTERNET-OF-THINGS (IoT) devices in industry are generating large amounts of data on production processes [1]-[3]. Within businesses, IoT data enable monitoring and optimizing business processes, and even radically new business models [1], [3]-[5]. In practice, however, 90% of the data generated by IoT is not being used [6]. IoT data can become even more valuable when businesses share them with other businesses [7], [8]. However, when sharing large amounts of data within an ecosystem of many actors, ecosystem data governance becomes a crucial issue [26]-[28].

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The Role of Ecosystem Data Governance in Adoption of Data Platforms by Internet-of-Things Data Providers: Case of Dutch Horticulture Industry

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Rezaei

2022

IEEE Trans. Eng. Manage.

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“…Offering an IoT platform requires platform owners to make decisions about the ecosystem of complementors beyond just developing and distributing the platform itself [1,12]. Platform governance focuses on the relations between platform owners and complementors [12,13,16].…”

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“…Recently, the concept of platforms has received much attention in the Internet of Things (IoT) [1][2][3]. To give an example, the cloud-computing company Amazon Web Services (AWS) operates an IoT platform.…”

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Governance Strategies to Drive Complementary Innovation in IoT Platforms: A Multiple Case Study

Marheine¹

2020

WI2020 Zentrale Tracks

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The widespread uptake of the Internet of Things spurred both software and hardware firms to compete for platform leadership. Information systems research has acknowledged that a platform's success depends on the innovational output of its ecosystem of firms. However, the question whether platform owners should coordinate these firms through cooperative or competitive strategies to create complementary applications remains unaddressed. To address this gap, an exploratory, multiple case study of four German companies with IoT platforms was conducted. Five of the six governance strategies derived from the literature were confirmed: opening, alliancing, coring, entering, and pricing. In these strategies, 19 distinct governance mechanisms and their positive or negative effects were identified. The findings contribute to research on business-to-business platforms by demonstrating that cooperation between platform owners and complementors represents the dominant meta-level strategy in IoT platforms.

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“…We have studied an enterprise software vendor with a focus on enterprise resource planning. In other context such as the industrial Internet of Things [39] or the banking industry [40], relationships between partners and platform owners could have different characteristics. Second, our study covers a relatively short period.…”

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Shifting to the Cloud – How SAP’s Partners Cope with the Change

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Wiesche²,

Kude³

et al. 2019

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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With the advance of cloud technology, enterprise software vendors have introduced software platforms to facilitate third-party contributions to their ecosystems. This shift towards cloud-based software platforms affects ecosystem partners who have to adopt the new technologies, rethink their business model, and change their sales strategies. To understand how partners cope with this change, we conducted an exploratory case study within SAP's partner ecosystem after the introduction of a cloud-based software platform. By conducting 14 interviews within SAP and 10 partner companies, we identify three distinct coping strategies that partners adopt in the face of the shift to the cloud. Partners either (1) embrace, (2) slow down, or (3) repurpose the change. SAP in turn engages in mediation actions to increase the adoption of its platform and to alleviate possible negative impacts of the coping strategies. These mediation actions contribute to a continuous adjustment of SAP platform strategy. These findings contribute to literature on platform ecosystems by (1) highlighting that partners react differently to change in the ecosystem and by (2) shedding light on the interactions between platform owner and partners in the development of a platform strategy.

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Governing Platforms in the Internet of Things

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The Role of Ecosystem Data Governance in Adoption of Data Platforms by Internet-of-Things Data Providers: Case of Dutch Horticulture Industry

The Role of Ecosystem Data Governance in Adoption of Data Platforms by Internet-of-Things Data Providers: Case of Dutch Horticulture Industry

Governance Strategies to Drive Complementary Innovation in IoT Platforms: A Multiple Case Study

Shifting to the Cloud – How SAP’s Partners Cope with the Change

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