scholarly journals Open Data and Beyond: Measuring the impact of open data

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederika Welle Donker ◽  
Bastiaan Van Loenen
Keyword(s):  
Open Data ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Public Sector Information ◽  
Increasing Trend ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
Energy Network

In recent years, there is an increasing trend of releasing public sector information as open data. Governments worldwide see the potential benefits of opening up their data. The potential benefits are more transparency, increased governmental efficiency and effectiveness, and external benefits, including societal and economic benefits. The private sector also recognizes potential benefits of making their datasets available as open data. One such company is Liander, an energy network administrator in the Netherlands. Liander views open data as a contributing factor to energy conservation. However, to data there has been little research into the actual effects of open data. This research has developed a monitoring framework to assess the effects of open data, and has applied the framework to Liander's small-scale energy consumption dataset.

Reuse of open data in Quebec: from economic development to government transparency

2020 ◽  
pp. 002085231988462
Author(s):  
Christian Boudreau
Keyword(s):  
Open Data ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Data Reuse ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Government Transparency ◽  
History Of ◽  
Government Data ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Opening Up

Based on the history of open data in Quebec, this article discusses the reuse of these data by various actors within society, with the aim of securing desired economic, administrative and democratic benefits. Drawing on an analysis of government measures and community practices in the field of data reuse, the study shows that the benefits of open data appear to be inconclusive in terms of economic growth. On the other hand, their benefits seem promising from the point of view of government transparency in that it allows various civil society actors to monitor the integrity and performance of government activities. In the age of digital data and networks, the state must be seen not only as a platform conducive to innovation, but also as a rich field of study that is closely monitored by various actors driven by political and social goals. Points for practitioners Although the economic benefits of open data have been inconclusive so far, governments, at least in Quebec, must not stop investing in opening up their data. In terms of transparency, the results of the study suggest that the benefits of open data are sufficiently promising to continue releasing government data, if only to support the evaluation and planning activities of public programmes and services.

scholarly journals The Spatial Evolution of Geoeconomic Pattern among China and Neighboring Countries since the Reform and Opening-Up

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 2168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Liang ◽  
Mingxing Chen ◽  
Dadao Lu ◽  
Zijin Ding ◽  
Zhi Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Model ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Dominant Factor ◽  
Economic Dependence ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Political Relations ◽  
Rise Of China ◽  
Reform And Opening Up ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Opening Up

The rise of China has had a profound impact on the world and regional political and economic pattern since the reform and opening-up. This paper studies the impact of China’s development on the evolution of the surrounding geo-pattern from the perspective of geoeconomics. Based on the sensitivity and vulnerability of asymmetric interdependence, trade and investment indicators are selected to construct a quantitative model to measure the relative economic dependence between China and neighboring countries. This paper analyzes the degree, types and trends of relative economic dependence and the relationship between economic interdependence and political relations, and investigates the surrounding geoeconomic cooperation. The results are shown as follows: (1) Since 2010, all neighboring countries have had relative economic dependence on China. China’s geoeconomic position in the surrounding area has radically transformed. (2) Since the reform and opening-up, the relative economic dependence of neighboring countries on China has been rising, from negative to positive and from low to high. After 2003, the types of relative economic dependence have gradually shifted from dual low and trade-compensative dependence to dual high and trade-oriented dependence. (3) Trade was the dominant factor in the relative economic dependence of most neighboring countries on China, and it was also the main factor contributing to China’s economic advantages over great powers in the neighborhood. The majority of neighboring countries’ investment dependence on China increased faster than their trade dependence, and the growth of their relative economic dependence will gradually turn to investment in the future. (4) The improvement of political relations between China and neighboring countries provides a foundation for the development of economic relations, and economic relations have the “inertia” of resisting political risks. The deepening of economic ties is conducive to friendly and stable political relations. (5) China’s peripheral geoeconomic strategy focuses on cooperation rather than competition. One of the goals of geoeconomics is the pursuit of joint economic benefits.

scholarly journals Impact Assesment of Open Government Data

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aljaž Ferenček ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Open Data ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Use Cases ◽  
Open Government ◽  
True Value ◽  
Preliminary Model ◽  
Open Government Data ◽  
Public Sector Organizations ◽  
Government Data ◽  
The Impact

Public sector organizations produce and process increasing amounts of data and the number of research and initiatives on open data is also increasing. Defining the true value of OGD is challenging without knowing how it impacts society and its economy. While the analysis of the economic benefits of open data is one way to describe the effect of government openness, the impact of open data is measured also in social and political context. Feedback mechanisms that are currently used are mostly surveys, while the number of OGD use cases is increasing. This paper proposes a preliminary model for research on assessing impact areas of OGD in an automated manner by using text mining techniques on existing use cases.

scholarly journals Work Culture in Indian Organizations

2003 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-37
Author(s):  
Deep Kapoor
Keyword(s):  
Work Culture ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Social Lives ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
The People ◽  
Metropolitan Cities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Opening Up

Work is a source of sustenance to human beings. The environment where the person works has a lot of effect on the efficiency and effectiveness. In a layman's language we can call this environment along with the processes working in it as the 'Work Culture'. With the opening up of Indian economy and the flourishing of knowledge based industries in India, this environment of work has considerably changed and it has a marked influence on the social lives of the people working in these kinds of industries. As these industries are located mostly in big/metropolitan cities and affects educated urban middle/upper class generally, this paper will be somewhat skewed towards these class of people working mostly in large organizations. I will also concentrate on defining work culture, on types of work culture, on the impact of society on work culture, on emerging work culture and finally focussing on the knowledge based industries.

scholarly journals Impact of group practices on patients, physicians and healthcare systems: protocol for a scoping review

BMJ Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. e022164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry M Zwiep ◽  
Joshua A Greenberg ◽  
Fady Balaa ◽  
Daniel I McIsaac ◽  
Reilly P Musselman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scoping Review ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Group Practices ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Quantitative Analyses ◽  
Care Satisfaction ◽  
The Impact

IntroductionGroup practices have potential benefits for patients, physicians and healthcare systems. Although group practices have been around for many years, research in this area is lacking and generally is centred around the economic benefits that may be realised from group practice. The aim of this scoping review is to identify the impact that group practices have on patients, physicians and healthcare systems to guide further research in this area.Methods and analysisA scoping review will be performed based on the methodology proposed by Arksey and O’Malley and refined by Levac and colleagues. MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Central and Cochrane Economic Database will be searched from inception to present day to identify relevant studies that assess the impact of group practices on patient care, satisfaction and outcomes; physician quality of life, satisfaction and income and healthcare systems. Titles and abstracts will be screened by two members and the abstraction results charted and verified. Qualitative and quantitative analyses will be performed to identify key themes.Ethics and disseminationResearch ethics board approval is not required for this scoping review. A consultation phase will be used to discuss the results with key stakeholders followed by dissemination at local and national levels. We will also publish the results in a peer-reviewed journal.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF OPENING UP A TRADITIONAL CULTURE TO TOURISM DEVELOPMENT

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-29
Author(s):  
Caecilia Caecilia ◽  
Utami Umarjadi ◽  
Nila K. Hidayat
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous People ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Host Community ◽  
Environmental Damages ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Opening Up

The Baduy Tribe is a cultured and friendly indigenous people living harmoniously in the middle of natural environment and far from the civilization. This study aims to determine the level of acceptance of opening up the Inner Baduy as a tourism destination and also to identify the impacts on the opening up the Inner Baduy to tourism development. This study use both quantitative and qualitative analysis. The result revealed that there are three elements are used to justify the level of acceptance of the Baduy people; two showed rejections (needs and desires and opinions on opening up the Inner Baduy). This is strengthened by the result of the interviews that tribe rules and regulations do not allow the Inner Baduy to be opened up. Another finding is proven by the disadvantages that impact the host community if the Inner Baduy is opened up to tourism market. It could cause culture acculturation, a deterioration of morality, environmental damages, and also the decreased quality of local people’s language. For the regional development, the opening up of the Inner Baduy can bring advantages such as improvements of infrastructures and economic benefits. The Inner Baduy is unofficially opened for visits from the tourists but the policy to open it up to mass market depends entirely on the decision of the host community.

Technology, Trade and ‘A Race of Native Capitalists’: The Krio Diaspora of West Africa and the Steamship, 1852–95

1992 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 421-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Lynn
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
New Technology ◽  
West African ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
The West ◽  
Steam Power ◽  
Trading Activities ◽  
Import Trade ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Opening Up

This article examines the impact of the introduction of the new technology of steam power into the West African trade in the second half of the nineteenth century. One of the changes that the introduction of steampower was expected to lead to was the opening up of the trade to small-scale African traders such as the Krios. Many Krios did make use of the steamships to extend their trading activities and entered areas previously ignored. Many used the steamship services to develop a coastwise trade; others, particularly in the Niger Delta, used them to enter the export trade to Britain. Yet others pioneered the use of steam launches, particularly on the River Niger and along the Slave Coast. In time however, such Krios found their ability to utilize the opportunities provided by the steamships under assault, partly from the European traders' counter-attack and partly from the general depression in the West African trade – itself indirectly caused by the introduction of the steamship – that set in by the 1870s. By the end of the century the position of Krios in the export-import trade of West Africa was being severely squeezed, just as it was in other areas of West African life. For them, steam power did not prove to be the boon it had been anticipated as being.

scholarly journals Effects of Graphene Nanoplatelets and Cellular Structure on the Thermal Conductivity of Polysulfone Nanocomposite Foams

Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hooman Abbasi ◽  
Marcelo Antunes ◽  
José Ignacio Velasco
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Relative Density ◽  
Supercritical Co2 ◽  
Cellular Structure ◽  
Graphene Nanoplatelets ◽  
Nanocomposite Foams ◽  
Increasing Trend ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
Enhanced Thermal Conductivity

Polysulfone (PSU) foams containing 0–10 wt% graphene nanoplatelets (GnP) were prepared using two foaming methods. Alongside the analysis of the cellular structure, their thermal conductivity was measured and analyzed. The results showed that the presence of GnP can affect the cellular structure of the foams prepared by both water vapor induced phase separation (WVIPS) and supercritical CO2 (scCO2) dissolution; however, the impact is greater in the case of foams prepared by WVIPS. In terms of thermal conductivity, the analysis showed an increasing trend by incrementing the amount of GnP and increasing relative density, with the tortuosity of the cellular structure, dependent on the used foaming method, relative density, and amount of GnP, playing a key role in the final value of thermal conductivity. The combination of all these factors showed the possibility of preparing PSU-GnP foams with enhanced thermal conductivity at lower GnP amount by carefully controlling the cellular structure and relative density, opening up their use in lightweight heat dissipators.

Bridging the skills gap: apprentice assistant practitioners having an impact in mental healthcare services. Part 3. The mentor experience

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-95
Author(s):  
Andy Morris ◽  
Helen Higginson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Service Workers ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Assistant Practitioner

Understanding the relevance of the apprentice assistant practitioner (AAP) role in mental health is important for future developments within mental health services. This third article, in a series of four exploring the potential impact of AAPs in bridging the gap in mental health services, focuses on the experiences of the mentor role. Mentorship in the development of health service workers is crucial to ensure competent, confident and skilled staff at all levels. This small-scale study looks at the experiences of the mentor in general and more specifically the experiences of a small group of mentors supporting AAPs in mental health services. A questionnaire was sent to mentors at different stages of the AAP's journey and asked them to consider three broad themes: supporting the AAP, helpfulness of the AAP standards in mentoring; and the impact of the AAP in mental health services. The results show a positive response in general from the mentors and the use of apprenticeship standards to focus the mentorship of the AAP, as well as the potential benefits the assistant practitioner (AP) role has in both supporting services users and the service as a whole.

The Impact of a Potential Public/Private Initiative on a Defined Region of the South Suburban Chicago Metropolitan Area

2019 ◽  
pp. 14-32
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Market Area ◽  
State And Local ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The university is considered one of the engines of growth in a local economy or its market area, since its direct contributions consist of 1) employment of faculty and staff, 2) services to students, and supply chain links vendors, all of which define the University’s Market area. Indirect contributions consist of those agents associated with the university in terms of community and civic events. Each of these activities represent economic benefits to their host communities and can be classified as the economic impact a university has on its local economy and whose spatial market area includes each of the above agents. In addition are the critical links to the University, which can be considered part of its Demand and Supply chain. This paper contributes to the field of Public/Private Impact Analysis, which is used to substantiate the social and economic benefits of cooperating for economic resources. We use Census data on Output of Goods and Services, Labor Income on Salaries, Wages and Benefits, Indirect State and Local Taxes, Property Tax Revenue, Population, and Inter-Industry to measure economic impact (Implan, 2016).

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