Evaluating a Collaborative Network of an Inter-organizational Data Exchange Project
The new data-oriented shape of organizations inevitably imposes the need to seal partnerships through data exchange projects. In fact, growing data exchange initiatives are offering increased monetary and non-monetary benefits for organizations. By and large, such partnerships are ensured by building collaborative networks. However, due to the multidisciplinary nature of collaborative networks, there is no single accepted approach that covers all the perspectives of various interest groups. This paper presents an approach that clearly identifies the opportunities for increased monetary and non-monetary benefits from data exchange projects, using Ant Network Theory.
Our approach applies cost-benefit analysis and multi-criteria evaluation to the Actor Network Theory translation process, while focusing on the problematization and interessement phases. The findings will allow to provide suggestions of alliances that are cost-effective and have a highly positive impact for the main protagonists. To facilitate the understanding of this approach, a Java EE Web application is developed and presented here.
Keywords: Business Collaborative Network, Data Exchange Project, Actor Network Theory, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Interoperability
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Meryam Belhiah
Meryam Belhiah currently works as a project manager at The Ministry of Economy and Finance, Rabat, Morocco. She earned her Bachelor of Engineering in 2007 in Information Technology, from ENSIAS, the National School of Computer Science and Systems Analysis, at Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco. In the past, she worked in application development, data modeling, functional testing, software QA and Web security, using a wide variety of Open Source technologies in Montreal area, Canada. As part of her ongoing Ph.D. curriculum, she authored and presented a series of publications in international conferences like the MIT International Conference on Information Quality. Her current research interests include data quality assessment and improvement, cost-benefit analysis of data quality projects and quality of Open Government Data. She is an active member of AMGED, the Moroccan Society of Electronic Governance for Development.
Meryam Belhiah
Meryam Belhiah currently works as a project manager at The Ministry of Economy and Finance, Rabat, Morocco. She earned her Bachelor of Engineering in 2007 in Information Technology, from ENSIAS, the National School of Computer Science and Systems Analysis, at Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco. In the past, she worked in application development, data modeling, functional testing, software QA and Web security, using a wide variety of Open Source technologies in Montreal area, Canada. As part of her ongoing Ph.D. curriculum, she authored and presented a series of publications in international conferences like the MIT International Conference on Information Quality. Her current research interests include data quality assessment and improvement, cost-benefit analysis of data quality projects and quality of Open Government Data. She is an active member of AMGED, the Moroccan Society of Electronic Governance for Development.
