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Slavova, Mira and Constantinides, P. (2017) Digital infrastructures as platforms : the case of smart electricity grids. In: European Conference of Information Systems, Guimarães, Portugal, 5-10 June 2017. Published in: Proceedings of the 25th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) pp. 1217-1231. ISBN 9789892076553.
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Abstract
Smart grids enable customers and utility providers to gain a better understanding of energy consumption and production, by adding a layer of digital data collection and analysis on existing electricity grids. As digital infrastructures they have distinct characteristics from earlier 'pipeline' infrastructures in that they can generate significant network effects that could lead to new opportunities for value creation across different stakeholders. Exactly because of these unique characteristics of digital infra-structures, we propose that they can be approached as platforms. With this conceptualization, we seek to explore what are the design and value propositions of a digital infrastructure. We provide answers to this question by synthesizing existing research on platforms and digital infrastructures. We explore the case of an emerging smart grid in South Africa and develop a set of design and value propositions. We discuss the relevance of our propositions to extant research on digital infrastructures and platforms , and explore opportunities for further research.
Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Proceedings of the 25th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) | ||||
Publisher: | Association for Information Systems : AIS Electronic Library (AISeL) | ||||
ISBN: | 9789892076553 | ||||
Official Date: | 6 October 2017 | ||||
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Page Range: | pp. 1217-1231 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||
Title of Event: | European Conference of Information Systems | ||||
Type of Event: | Conference | ||||
Location of Event: | Guimarães, Portugal | ||||
Date(s) of Event: | 5-10 June 2017 |
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