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15.8 %
Other
12
15.8 %
Source: author´s own processing
The survey shows that open data is a tool that companies and
organizations are currently learning to use. It seems that public
sector organizations are one step ahead. However, even in
the open data application, they still have to improve. In the field
of open data, it would be advisable to get inspired by countries
that are leaders in this branch. Great Britain and the US have
been using this tool for quite some time and in a quality way.
Companies and organizations in the Czech Republic could find
the motivation there to use open data in their activities.
5 Conclusion
One of the major issues of primary research conducted through
the questionnaire includes a low return on the answered
questionnaires. Public sector organizations participated to
a fairly large extent, the return on the questionnaire was over
11%. On the contrary, the companies in the private sector did not
show much
interest. In view of these results, it may be
interesting and beneficial to investigate why companies do not
engage in research and what would motivate them to participate
in surveysmore often.
Open data can be used as a competitive advantage. Based on
these data, acompany can control the processes inside its
business, create and build its good name. In this way, the
company has the opportunity to acquire new customers and build
the loyalty of those existing. (Open Knowledge International,
2016) A wide range of data offers the potential for economic
development of companies and the elimination of risks that may
eventually lead to financial problems of the company or its
extinction. Open data offers the possibility of reducing the risk,
which should strengthen not only the development of the
company but also the whole market structure. (Solom and Björk,
2012)
To find the level of open data application in the Czech Republic
by the privateand the public sector, the primary research was
conducted in the form of a questionnaire survey. There were
addressed 3,000 private sector companies and 650 public sector
institutions. The main issue of the research conducted by email
questionnaire is its low return. This was the case with this
research, where the return was only 3.8%. For the public sector,
results can be considered valid, as returns were over 11%.
However, the private companies returned only 2.2% of
the questionnaires. Conclusions made for the private business
sector need to be treated with caution.
The research results show that open data are now more widely
applied by the public sector. This is probably due to the little
experience with open data that private businesses have.
Statistical testing of the obtained results demonstrated that
companies of all sizes work with open data. This tool is
applicable to small, medium and large enterprises. In addition, it
was found that when the companies and the organizations use
open data in the management and planning process they do it
mostly in a decision-making process. This demonstrates
the complexity of using open data.
The research has also shown that there is insufficient awareness
of open data. The most common answer to the question why
companies and organizations did not use data and did not
provide them was that they saw no potential benefit in open data.
It can therefore be assumed that without information support
the development of open data will be complicated. The benefits
of open data are often neglected. Increased awareness of open
data could, therefore, lead to an increase in entities that would
use open data. This is followed by the anticipated faster growth
of the economy. Therefore, greater awareness of open data is
needed, with an emphasis on positive impacts on market
development and also companies and institutions themselves.
In the Czech Republic, open data are at the beginning of
development and their application is not sufficient according to
research results. There is a lack of support from the Czech
Republic and the European Union. This may result in a slower
economic growth. Nor is achieved the innovation potential of
the economy. Data sharing is perceived rather negatively, data
potential for future growth is overlooked.
On the whole, open data should be more prominent across
companies and organizations of all sectors to enable
effective
economic growth and increased transparency of economic
processes.
Public sector organizations are
legally required
to
open data. For private sector companies,
this aspect is
missing,
with the exception of the disclosure requirement for some
industries and the financial statements for all companies.
The incentive for data opening could, therefore, be their
legislative support with an emphasis on the development of
the business
environment.
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