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Data Ecosystem Business Models: Value and control in Data Ecosystems Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Ruben D'Hauwers, Nils Walravens, Pieter Ballon
Purpose: Organizations evolve from using and governing data internally towards the exchange of data in multi-or-ganizational data ecosystems. The purpose of this research is to determine a business model framework for actors operating in and/or entering a data ecosystem.Methodology: To determine a business model framework in data ecosystems. an analysis was made based on how the research fields of “business models”, “data governance”, “data ...

Defining the Business Ecosystem of Peer-to-Peer Electricity Trading Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Mehdi Montakhabi, Shenja Van Der Graaf, Pieter Ballon, Nils Walravens
Research on peer-to-peer electricity trading lacks a comprehensive, multi-stakeholder perspective to incorporate complexities and include externalities. This leads to solutions that are useful for specific stakeholders but in a broader view may fire back other stakeholders. Following a systematic approach, this paper introduces the business ecosystem of peer-to-peer electricity trading. Firstly, different views on business ecosystems are ...

Do you trust me? Value and governance in data sharing business models Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Ruben D'Hauwers, Nils Walravens
Collaborations to share data can enable private companies to create new business models and improve products and services. For public authorities, it can lead the way towards a data driven policy. Yet, sharing data poses different challenges, such as risk to comply with legalities, commercial risk, quality of data, privacy and ethical risk, data ownership... Managing data within the borders of a firm has been explored thoroughly in the ...

Mediated by Code: Unpacking Algorithmic Curation of Urban Experiences Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Annelien Smets, Pieter Ballon, Nils Walravens

Amid the widespread diffusion of digital communication technologies, our cities are at a critical juncture as these technologies are entering all aspects of urban life. Data‐driven technologies help citizens to navigate the city, find friends, or discover new places. While these technology‐mediated activities come in scope of scholarly research, we lack an understanding of the underlying curation mechanisms that select and present the ...

MONITORING MOVEMENT IN THE SMART CITY: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF MEASURING URBAN BUSTLE Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Nils Walravens, Brecht Van de Vyvere, Mathias Van Compernolle, Eveline Vlassenroot, Pieter Colpaert
One of the promises of the smart city concept is using real-time data to enhance policy making. In practice, such promises can turn out to be either very limited in what is actually possible or quickly trigger dystopian scenarios of tracking and monitoring. Today, many cities around the world already measure forms of urban bustle, i.e. how busy it is during specific periods of time. They do this for all kinds of purposes like optimising mobility ...

CHALLENGES IN DATA-DRIVEN POLICYMAKING: USING SMART CITY DATA TO SUPPORT LOCAL RETAIL POLICIES Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Ruben D'Hauwers, Koen Borghys, Jorre Vannieuwenhuyze, Nils Walravens, Bram Lievens
In Flanders (Belgium), there is a growing awareness among city administrations and governments to turn their cities into smart cities by transforming their policy decisions into evidence-based and data-driven policymaking. Nonetheless, many Flemish cities still face several challenges related to the integration of data-driven policy evaluation research at different stages of their policy making processes. For that reason, the ‘Smart Retail ...

Designing Recommender Systems for the Common Good Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Annelien Smets, Nils Walravens, Pieter Ballon
The growing inclusion of information and communication tech- nologies in our everyday life sets the scene for the development of personalized public services. Their public character brings along challenges that have not necessarily been dealt with in commercial applications, especially in terms of optimizing for the common good which requires moving away from a purely personalized-oriented approach. In this paper, we claim that to address these ...

Multi-Stakeholder Innovation in Smart City Discourse: Quadruple Helix Thinking in the Age of “Platforms” Vrije Universiteit Brussel Ghent University

Koen Borghys, Shenja Van Der Graaf, Nils Walravens, Mathias Van Compernolle
The predominant rhetoric in smart city debates puts the emphasis on collaboration. Conceptualizing, designing, implementing, validating, and evaluating solutions to urban challenges with all relevant stakeholders around the table are perceived as the optimal modus operandi in these perspectives. But how does this vision relate to current practices in cities? This paper deals with the observed trend toward more multi-stakeholder collaboration and ...

Participatory Action Research for the Development of E-Inclusive Smart Cities Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Willemien Laenens, Ilse Marien, Nils Walravens

The growing emphasis on citizens and private and public stakeholders within smart cities demands approaches where these actors are seen as participants in the decision-making process with their own experiences, wants and needs for sustainable smart city strategies. Gaining insight into their experiences with technologies is essential for the successful deployment of inclusive smart city solutions. We propose PAR4P (Participatory Action ...

Being a Smart City is not the Goal, but What is? A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Smart City Strategies in 13 Cities in Flanders, Belgium. Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Nils Walravens, Mathias Van Compernolle, Jan Waeben, Pieter Colpaert

The Smart Flanders program was initiated by the Flemish Government (Belgium) at the start of 2017. The goal of the program is to support the 13 so-called center cities in the Region (by and large the biggest cities) and a representation of the Flemish Community in the Brussels Region with defining and implementing a common open data policy. As part of the program, a 'maturity check' was performed, evaluating the cities on a number of ...