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Towards a taxonomy for regulatory issues in a digital business ecosystem in the EU

Tsatsou, Panayiota, Elaluf-Calderwood, Silvia and Liebenau, Jonathan (2010) Towards a taxonomy for regulatory issues in a digital business ecosystem in the EU. Journal of Information Technology, 25 (3). 288 -307. ISSN 0268-3962

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Identification Number: 10.1057/jit.2009.22

Abstract

This article addresses the role of trust and regulation where small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the European Union (EU) make use of e-business in a digital business ecosystem (DBE). We argue that in order for digital business to develop among entrepreneurs in the EU and within different industry sectors and geographical locations, trust and regulation are of critical importance. The article assesses the importance of this argument and focuses on the interplay of regulatory and trust-based issues that need to be accommodated before one can expect SMEs to engage in e-business supported within a DBE environment. It then presents a taxonomy that addresses key regulatory issues and fosters trust. The article proposes the taxonomy as the vehicle for the simplification of a bewildering array of laws, standards, norms and expectations, as well as for the elimination of regulatory overlap and conflict. The contribution of the taxonomy is demonstrated in the last section of the article, where it is empirically tested and applied to SMEs which participated in the EU-funded DBE project.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jit/index.html
Additional Information: © 2010 JIT Palgrave Macmillan
Divisions: Media and Communications
Management
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications
Date Deposited: 14 Oct 2010 09:14
Last Modified: 14 Feb 2024 18:09
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/29484

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