Government data openness and knowledge management: configurational patterns for national competitiveness

PurposeIn the data economy era, despite the tremendous effort of governments to actively provide and use open data, its effect on national performance such as competitiveness differs widely from country to country. A sufficient knowledge base and its appropriate management are important to effective...

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Published inIndustrial management + data systems Vol. 122; no. 12; pp. 2710 - 2736
Main Authors Ham, Juyeon, Koo, Yunmo, Lee, Jae Nam
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Wembley Emerald Publishing Limited 16.11.2022
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Subjects
Competition
Competitive advantage
Data collection
Fuzzy sets
Government
Innovations
Knowledge bases (artificial intelligence)
Knowledge management
Open data
Pandemics
Qualitative analysis
Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA)
Knowledge management
Open innovation
Open data
National competitiveness
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Summary:PurposeIn the data economy era, despite the tremendous effort of governments to actively provide and use open data, its effect on national performance such as competitiveness differs widely from country to country. A sufficient knowledge base and its appropriate management are important to effectively derive the potential value from open data. A country can implement multiple and equally viable means to effectively align open data with knowledge management, which lead to high national performance. However, previous studies lack consideration of the possibility of these various configurations. To fill the research gap, this study aims to investigate the configurational patterns constituted by government data openness and knowledge management for national competitiveness.Design/methodology/approachFrom the open innovation perspective, this study collected data from the global reports of 76 countries and examined them through fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA).FindingsFour configurational patterns are identified, namely, coupled (outbound-focused)-, coupled (inbound-focused)-, inbound-focused-, and outbound-focused national competitiveness.Originality/valueThis study provides a foundation that enables researchers to build a holistic and balanced perspective that can manage open government data and develop knowledge management capability.
ISSN:0263-5577
1758-5783
DOI:10.1108/IMDS-03-2022-0188