Managing complexity across multiple dimensions of liquid open data: The case of the Danish Basic Data Program

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 89-104

  Jetzek, Thorhildur ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Liquid open data; Open data; Open data infrastructure; System of systems governance; Value generating mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960401982     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2015.11.003     Document Type: Article

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