Data Sharing or Analytics Sharing ?

Bruno Carballa Smichowski (), Yassine Lefouili, Andrea Mantovani and Carlo Reggiani
Additional contact information
Bruno Carballa Smichowski: JRC - European Commission - Joint Research Centre [Seville]

Working Papers from HAL

Abstract: Data combination and analytics can generate valuable insights for firms and society as a whole. Firms can seize these opportunities by joining platforms that either allow them to access the data contributed by other firms or provide the result of the analytics performed on such data, depending on whether the platform adopts ''data sharing'' or "analytics sharing" technologies. The former technology enables firms to exploit their data endowment together with the data contributed by others, whereas the latter offers advantages in terms of privacy and security by reducing data transmission. We present a model that allows us to study the economic and managerial incentives generated by these technologies for both firms and a platform. First, we find that the platform chooses analytics sharing only when the security advantage of this technology is sufficiently large. Second, we show that analytics sharing results in a higher total data contribution than data sharing under general and reasonable conditions. Third, we determine the optimal data-combination technology from the perspective of consumers and discuss potential misalignments between the platform's and consumers' preferred technology. Our findings carry relevant policy and managerial implications, offering a pathway to enhance both data provision and security.

Keywords: Data sharing; Analytics sharing; Data platforms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-02
Note: View the original document on HAL open archive server: https://hal.science/hal-04956937v1
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://hal.science/hal-04956937v1/document (application/pdf)

Related works:
Working Paper: Data Sharing or Analytics Sharing? (2025)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:wpaper:hal-04956937

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Working Papers from HAL
Bibliographic data for series maintained by CCSD ().