Business models and organizational roles of data spaces: A framework for value creation in data ecosystems
Data spaces and ecosystems provide decentralized digital infrastructures enabling secure, sovereign, and inter-organizational data sharing across industries. While prior research predominantly focused on technological functionality, we consider the relationship between business models and organizati...
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| author | Jens Gessler Maiara Rosa Cencic Christian Metzner Horst Wieker Kai Lindow Wolfgang H. Schulz |
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| description | Data spaces and ecosystems provide decentralized digital infrastructures enabling secure, sovereign, and inter-organizational data sharing across industries. While prior research predominantly focused on technological functionality, we consider the relationship between business models and organizational roles and how their interplay enables sustainable value creation. We propose a conceptual framework to design the interplay between organizational roles and business models within a data ecosystem based on Gaia-X standards. Drawing on three use cases of Gaia-X 4 Advanced Mobility Services, we integrated empirical insights from semi-structured interviews. We defined independently organizational roles and business models at ecosystemic and firm-centric levels and assessed their compatibility. The conceptual framework shows how systematic assessment and iterative adjustments of organizational roles and business models can identify and minimize critical misalignments for a sustainable data ecosystem. Our findings guide scholars, practitioners, and policymakers in designing governance structures and business models for data spaces and ecosystems. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-08d4c578a7b149e9b56b829efc5ec2602025-08-20T03:57:36ZengElsevierData in Brief2352-34092025-08-016111179510.1016/j.dib.2025.111795Business models and organizational roles of data spaces: A framework for value creation in data ecosystemsJens Gessler0Maiara Rosa Cencic1Christian Metzner2Horst Wieker3Kai Lindow4Wolfgang H. Schulz5Chair of Mobility, Trade and Logistics, Zeppelin University, Am Seemooser Horn 20, 88045, Friedrichshafen, GermanyFraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology IPK, Pascalstrasse 8-9, 10587, Berlin, Germany; Corresponding author.Saarland University of Applied Sciences, Research Group Traffic Telematics, Goebenstrasse 40, 66117 Saarbrücken, GermanySaarland University of Applied Sciences, Research Group Traffic Telematics, Goebenstrasse 40, 66117 Saarbrücken, GermanyFraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology IPK, Pascalstrasse 8-9, 10587, Berlin, GermanyChair of Mobility, Trade and Logistics, Zeppelin University, Am Seemooser Horn 20, 88045, Friedrichshafen, GermanyData spaces and ecosystems provide decentralized digital infrastructures enabling secure, sovereign, and inter-organizational data sharing across industries. While prior research predominantly focused on technological functionality, we consider the relationship between business models and organizational roles and how their interplay enables sustainable value creation. We propose a conceptual framework to design the interplay between organizational roles and business models within a data ecosystem based on Gaia-X standards. Drawing on three use cases of Gaia-X 4 Advanced Mobility Services, we integrated empirical insights from semi-structured interviews. We defined independently organizational roles and business models at ecosystemic and firm-centric levels and assessed their compatibility. The conceptual framework shows how systematic assessment and iterative adjustments of organizational roles and business models can identify and minimize critical misalignments for a sustainable data ecosystem. Our findings guide scholars, practitioners, and policymakers in designing governance structures and business models for data spaces and ecosystems.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340925005220Data ecosystemsDigital platformsGaia-XBusiness innovationEcosystem governanceDigital sovereignty |
| spellingShingle | Jens Gessler Maiara Rosa Cencic Christian Metzner Horst Wieker Kai Lindow Wolfgang H. Schulz Business models and organizational roles of data spaces: A framework for value creation in data ecosystems Data in Brief Data ecosystems Digital platforms Gaia-X Business innovation Ecosystem governance Digital sovereignty |
| title | Business models and organizational roles of data spaces: A framework for value creation in data ecosystems |
| title_full | Business models and organizational roles of data spaces: A framework for value creation in data ecosystems |
| title_fullStr | Business models and organizational roles of data spaces: A framework for value creation in data ecosystems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Business models and organizational roles of data spaces: A framework for value creation in data ecosystems |
| title_short | Business models and organizational roles of data spaces: A framework for value creation in data ecosystems |
| title_sort | business models and organizational roles of data spaces a framework for value creation in data ecosystems |
| topic | Data ecosystems Digital platforms Gaia-X Business innovation Ecosystem governance Digital sovereignty |
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