An exploration of the use of open government data by private organisations: Contributing to the improvement of governmental policies by examining the current use of open government data by private organisations in the Netherlands

This is an explorative research into the, successful, usage of open government data. Based on this research recommendations are made to contribute to the improvement of governmental open data policies. Questions discussed are: How are private organisations using open government data? Under which socio-technical conditions do (the selected) private organisations see the gains of using open government data? How are the organisations using open government data? What are the similarities and differences between these organisations with regard to their open government data use?