Government Data Performance: The Roles of Technology, Government Capacity, and Globalization through the Effects of National Innovativeness

Seunghwan Myeong, Michael J. Ahn, Younhee Kim, Shengli Chu and Woojong Suh
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Seunghwan Myeong: Department of Public Administration, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea
Michael J. Ahn: Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA 02125, USA
Younhee Kim: School of Public Affairs, Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg, Middletown, PA 17057, USA
Shengli Chu: Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA 02125, USA
Woojong Suh: Department of Business Administration, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 22, 1-14

Abstract: The availability of open, relevant, and up-to-date public data is becoming an increasingly important dimension of national competitiveness and sustainable development. It serves as a foundation for novel technologies, such as big data analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, to take root and flourish, and it can help improve the quality and efficiency of government decision making and render governments more transparent and accessible to the public. Often referred as Open Government Data, or OGD, governments around the world have committed resources to constructing various OGD platforms. However, building a robust and effective OGD system has proved difficult, as the promise of OGD has not been realized fully around the world. At this important juncture, this study aims to explore the relationship between national technological and organizational capacities and environmental factor and the quality of OGD systems. In addition, national innovativeness and the degree of “globalization” in a country and their moderating effects between the predictors and OGD performance are examined. Our findings indicate strong positive effects of national technological capacity, government organization capacity, and globalization on OGD quality and a positive moderating effect of national innovativeness.

Keywords: innovation; moderating effects; open government data; technology-organization-environment framework (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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