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How Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence influence Digital Sovereignty

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Information Systems (EMCIS 2022)

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Abstract

Digital Sovereignty is an ascending field that is viewed from a society, politics and enterprise perspective. When considering the situation from an economic standpoint, it is still unclear how to understand the issue of what businesses can do to strengthen their Digital Sovereignty. Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain are disruptive technologies that have significant impact on Digital Transformation. This article studies the relationship between Digital Sovereignty and novel technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain. A quantitative survey with 163 respondents is the empirical basis of the analysis. We propose seven measures to strengthen Digital Sovereignty: preserve Data Sovereignty, address concerns and create awareness, define responsibilities, co-create transformation, expand expertise, promote freedom of choice and measurement criteria. The proposed measures support formulating a Digital Sovereignty strategy to ensure the vision, goals and requirements for balancing heteronomy and autarky in a self-determined manner.

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Acknowledgments

The Project LIONS is funded by dtec.bw - Digitalization and Technology Research Center of the Bundeswehr which we gratefully acknowledge. We would also like to thank Bayern Innovativ for funding the project “Federated Learning Enhancing IT Security (FLEIS)” (DIK 0241_2104_0080). We thank our partners and fellow researchers and all study participants.

Contributions can be attributed to the coauthors as described below:

– Martha Klare addressed the volunteers with the survey and wrote the results section on Digital Sovereignty in Enterprises (4.1).

– Lisa Verlande wrote the section Towards Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain in Enterprises (4.2) and the Implications and Discussions of Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain for Digital Sovereignty (4.3).

– Maximilian Greiner added implications regarding the Discussions on Blockchain for Digital Sovereignty (4.3).

– The authors jointly designed the study and co-authored the introduction (Sect. 1), methodology (Sect. 2), theoretical background (Sect. 3) and conclusion (Sect. 5).

– Ulrike Lechner contributed to the research design, data collection, interpretation and revisions of the article.

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    Martha Klare, Lisa Verlande, Maximilian Greiner & Ulrike Lechner

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Klare, M., Verlande, L., Greiner, M., Lechner, U. (2023). How Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence influence Digital Sovereignty. In: Papadaki, M., Rupino da Cunha, P., Themistocleous, M., Christodoulou, K. (eds) Information Systems. EMCIS 2022. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 464. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30694-5_1

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