Abstract:

Trading data as a commodity is increasingly popular. To get a better understanding of emerging data marketplaces, we have conducted two surveys to systematically gather and evaluate their characteristics.This paper is a continuation of a survey we conducted in 2012; it describes our findings from a second round done in 2013. Our study shows that the market is vivid with numerous exits and changes in its core business.We try to identify trends in this young field and explain them. Notably, there is a definite trend towards high quality data.

Bio:

Florian Stahl holds a BA in Business Administration (Giessen University, Germany) and an MSc in E-Business and Information System (Newcastle University, UK). Currently he is a research assistant and Ph.D. student at Prof. Vossen's Databases and Information Systems (DBIS) Group at the Information Systems department of Muenster University, Germany. His current research focus is on data marketplaces in general, efficient on-demand provisioning of data and information tailored to users’ needs in particular as well as on finding appropriate pricing models for such services.