Open Government Data adoption: a study of the institutional and societal determinants

This study presents comparative research of OGD adoption in the Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK. The first aim of the study is to build a framework for understanding the institutional and societal determinants of the OGD... [ view full abstract ]

This study presents comparative research of OGD adoption in the Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK. The first aim of the study is to build a framework for understanding the institutional and societal determinants of the OGD adoption. Furthermore, the study is targeted to present the differences and similarities of OGD adoption among best-performing countries based on the theoretical framework. The Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom were selected as case studies because these countries have done particularly well in the adoption of OGD and are considered among the most open countries in the world (Open Data Barometer, 2015).[1] This article uses open data expert interviews with total number of 32 respondents and document analysis from three selected countries to study OGD adoption practices. The prime contribution of this study is twofold: first, the paper introduces the theoretical framework which covers the institutional and societal determinants for explaining OGD adoption. Second, it presents the differences and similarities of best practices in the three developed countries. The results demonstrate that, the institutional determinants significantly define OGD adoption and differs throughout the countries. Furthermore, centralization of OGD adoption consequences better results. More centralized approach brings OGD adoption to a higher level. On the contrary, societal determinants are relatively similar in the discussed countries.

[1] http://www.opendatabarometer.com