Government as a Platform? Constitutive Elements of Public Service Platforms

Benedict Bender; Moreen Heine

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-86611-2

Government as a Platform? Constitutive Elements of Public Service Platforms

Benedict Bender^*, Moreen Heine

^*Corresponding author for this work

Institute of Multimedia and Interactive Systems

Universität Potsdam

Abstract

Digital platforms, by their design, allow the coordination of multiple entities to achieve a common goal. Motivated by the success of platforms in the private sector, they increasingly receive attention in the public sector. However, different understandings of the platform concept prevail. To guide the development and further research a coherent understanding is required. To address this gap, we identify the constitutive elements of platforms in the public sector. Moreover, their potential to coordinate partially autonomous entities as typical for federal organized states is highlighted. This study contributes through a uniform understanding of public service platforms. Despite constitutive elements, the proposed framework for platforms in the public sector may guide future analysis. The analysis framework is applied to platforms of federal states in the European Union.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Electronic Government and the Information Systems Perspective, EGOVIS 2021
Editors	Andrea Kö, Enrico Francesconi, Gabriele Kotsis, A Min Tjoa, Ismail Khalil
Number of pages	18
Volume	10
Publisher	Springer Nature Swiitzerland
Publication date	2021
Pages	3 - 20
Article number	Code 264859
ISBN (Print)	978-303086610-5
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-86611-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86611-2
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	10th International Conference on Electronic Government and the Information Systems Perspective - online Duration: 27.09.2021 → 30.09.2021 https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1007/978-3-030-86611-2

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Bender, B., & Heine, M. (2021). Government as a Platform? Constitutive Elements of Public Service Platforms. In A. Kö, E. Francesconi, G. Kotsis, A. M. Tjoa, & I. Khalil (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Electronic Government and the Information Systems Perspective, EGOVIS 2021 (Vol. 10, pp. 3 - 20). Article Code 264859 Springer Nature Swiitzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86611-2

Bender, Benedict ; Heine, Moreen. / Government as a Platform? Constitutive Elements of Public Service Platforms. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Electronic Government and the Information Systems Perspective, EGOVIS 2021. editor / Andrea Kö ; Enrico Francesconi ; Gabriele Kotsis ; A Min Tjoa ; Ismail Khalil. Vol. 10 Springer Nature Swiitzerland, 2021. pp. 3 - 20

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Bender, B & Heine, M 2021, Government as a Platform? Constitutive Elements of Public Service Platforms. in A Kö, E Francesconi, G Kotsis, AM Tjoa & I Khalil (eds), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Electronic Government and the Information Systems Perspective, EGOVIS 2021. vol. 10, Code 264859, Springer Nature Swiitzerland, pp. 3 - 20, 10th International Conference on Electronic Government and the Information Systems Perspective, 27.09.21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86611-2

Government as a Platform? Constitutive Elements of Public Service Platforms. / Bender, Benedict; Heine, Moreen.
Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Electronic Government and the Information Systems Perspective, EGOVIS 2021. ed. / Andrea Kö; Enrico Francesconi; Gabriele Kotsis; A Min Tjoa; Ismail Khalil. Vol. 10 Springer Nature Swiitzerland, 2021. p. 3 - 20 Code 264859.

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Bender B, Heine M. Government as a Platform? Constitutive Elements of Public Service Platforms. In Kö A, Francesconi E, Kotsis G, Tjoa AM, Khalil I, editors, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Electronic Government and the Information Systems Perspective, EGOVIS 2021. Vol. 10. Springer Nature Swiitzerland. 2021. p. 3 - 20. Code 264859 doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-86611-2

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