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Attention was also paid to the independence between
the experience with open data and a company size. Again,
a Chi-square test was used and it confirmed that the variables are
independent. The values are shown in Table 3. Businesses of all
sizes work with open data.
Table 3: Test of independence of variables – experience with
open data vs. company size according to no. of employees
Test
Statistical
value
Degrees of
freedom
P-
Value
Chi-
square
1.614
4
0.8063
Source: author´s own processing
Figure 2 gives an answer to the question why the companies and
the organizations do not use and do not provide open data. This
question was given to such respondents who know open data but
do not use it or provide it. The most common answer was that
the companies were not aware of any potential benefits of open
data. So, it can be assumed that it is a new tool that needs to get
into the subconsciousness of companies and organizations first.
Another very common answer was that the respondents did not
have enough experience with open data. The public sector,
which is more experienced in this issue, could provide better
information about the availability of open data via media,
the Internet or applications resulting from the use of open data.
Figure 2: Reason for not using and not providing open data
Why do not you use open data?
Why do not you provide open data?
Source: author´s own processing
With the help of another question the respondents who work
with open data were divided into different user groups. Some of
the respondents deal with more than one open data work. Out of
45 regular open data users, most companies and organizations
provide data. This option was selected by 34 respondents,
i.e. 75.6%. The second most common activity with open data is
to make them accessible. 31.1% of the respondents, namely
14 companies and organizations, deal with the creation of tools
that allow data to be opened and made accessible. Data
aggregators were represented by 28.9%. Thirteen respondents
deal with data collection and processing, followed by
the creation of added value. Eight information enrichers who
focus on making expert opinion to gained data also participated
in the survey (17.8%). Application developers had the weakest
representation in the survey only by 11.1%, that means four
companies and one public sector organization.
The survey also focused on how companies and organizations
gained and provided data. As can be seen from Figure 3, most
respondents receive data from public sources, official requests
under valid legislation, cooperation with public administration or
active data generation. In the case of data provision, activities
such as active data generation, provision from public sources or
cooperation with public administration predominate.
Figure 3: How to gain and provide open data
How do you obtain open data?
How do you provide open data?
Source: author´s own processing
Further, it was explored from which areas the companies and
the organizations use open data and make them accessible.
Table 4 summarizes the values obtained from the survey.
The companies and the organizations mostly use data from
statistics, public procurement, maps, business registers or
legislation. Data providers, who only make data available and do
not use it, selected the answer ʻotherʼ. Another interesting
answer was that thanks to the wide range of services offered,
the company used almost all open data. The open data provided
by respondents include budget, statistics, public procurement
and election results. Also, in the case of making data accessible,
some respondents chose the answer ʻotherʼ because they did not
38%
14%
31%
6%
11%
We are not aware of any potential benefit
The necessary data are not available
Insufficient knowledge with open data work
High financial demands
Other
25%
13%
6%
25%
19%
6%
6%
We are not aware of any possible benefit
It is not required by the law
There are not enough positive initiatives to data opening
We have not noticed the demand for them
We do not have sufficient experience with open data
High financial demand
Other
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Via an official application according to the valid legislation (28.9 %)
From public open data resources 57.8 %)
Via organizations supporting open data (13.3 %)
Cooperation with public administration (26.7 %)
Active data creation (24.4 %)
By no means (8.9 %)
0
5
10
15
20
25
Other (8.9 %)
From public open data resources (31.1 %)
Via organizations supporting open data (6.7 %)
Cooperation with public administration (26.7 %)
Active data creation (44.4 %)
By no means (13.3 %)
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