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Technical Document on Preliminary Common Data Model

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Karapanagiotis, P. (2020). Technical Document on Preliminary Common Data Model. EurHisFirm Deliverable 5.2. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3686930

The second report of Work Package 5 completes the discussion of the preliminary back-end design concepts of the common data model. The approach of the report is characterized by the principle of least intrusiveness. The proposed solutions respect national idiosyncrasies and allow national centers to advance in a collaborative but independent manner. The report starts by reviewing the data formats of the countries of the consortium. It draws from identification theory and proposes appropriate principles and requirements for the common model’s identification design. It examines the functional and informational requirements for identifying various data items and for linking historical data from within the consortium to external databases with contemporary data. It outlines that the common model’s implementation mostly benefits from employing both relational and non-relational technologies to address different issues. It highlights appropriate, subsequent steps for cross-country harmonization, firm-linking, data transformation processes, and data governance.

How to Ensure Collective Action in Multinational Projects: Insights from the EurHisFirm Project

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König, W., Frank, M., Braswell, J., Ranft, L., & Karapanagiotis, P. (2022). How to Ensure Collective Action in Multinational Projects: Insights from the EurHisFirm Project. In D. Jens, J. Förderer, K. Thomas, R. Franz, & K. Spohrer (Editors), Digitalization Across Organizational Levels: New Frontiers for Information Systems Research (pp. 41–77). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06543-9_3

This chapter analyzes a central part of an EU-funded, seven-nations development project for the comprehensive interdisciplinary design of a European system to collect and collate historical financial and firm data (named EurHisFirm)—the responsibility of the authors was the design of a Common Data Model (CDM). Against the background that successful information systems are of the type “sociotechnical systems” between human applicants and information technology—mutually driving each other but likewise also depending on the input of the respective opposite side—we have strong indications that in complex decision situations human cooperation deficiencies substantially outweigh expectable exponential advancements of the information technology. The reason is presumably that amongst diverse and self-confident nations—actually persons—(likewise in important sub-national groups of responsibility, e.g., communal authorities or firms) reaching an agreement on data and other standards is an overly lengthy process that often ends with foul compromises. We understand our contribution to bundle substantial indications toward a possible enhancement of the state-of-the-art—however, fellow researchers should thoroughly investigate the approach.

Updated Technical Document on the Preliminary Data Model

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Ranft, L. M., Karapanagiotis, P., Braswell, J., & König, W. (2021). Updated Technical Document on the Preliminary Data Model. EurHisFirm Deliverable 5.4. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4724802

The fourth report of Work Package 5 provides the latest revisions of the Common Data Model standard specifications. The different foundational elements of the Common Data Model are presented and explained. The report also summarises the results of stakeholder feedback and describes their implications on the Common Data Model. Finally, we give an outlook on the further development of the Common Data Model and its components.